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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 10/01/06 08:21 |
Nero:
Nero is ready for the next generation of Blu-ray PC drives with Blu-ray writing support already implemented in unreleased versions of their suite of applications. Nero Express, Nero Burning ROM, Nero BackItUp, Nero Vision and Nero CD-DVD Speed all have support for writing to Blu-ray discs. Nero was kind enough to allow us to take some screenshots onsite at CES and also sent us some additional screenshots via email.
Nero CD-DVD Speed
Nero Vision
Nero Burning ROM
Nero Express
Philips/BenQ "PHILIPS BLURAY 2X" prototype drive loaded with Sony prototype BD-RE media.
As far as writing is concerned, Nero has it down for the Blu-ray disc format. But what about HD DVD? We didn't see any support for writing to HD DVD-R in any of Nero's applications at CES, but we do know that they are working on it.
HP:
HP had their new HP dvd550sl LightScribe drive on display.
This slimline external drive from HP is scheduled to be released this Spring.
Unfortunately, HP would not speak to us regarding the new versions of LightScribe because they do not release information regarding 'future' products. It's a good thing that we were able to get some specifics from Verbatim on the new LightScribe versions!
HD DVD:
The HD DVD Promotion Group was in full effect at this year's CES. HD DVD standalone drives and PC drives were on display from a variety of manufacturers. Hollywood is scheduled to launch movie titles in the HD DVD format starting in March. As we mentioned earlier, Toshiba is also set to launch the most inexpensive blue laser video player so far, the HD-A1 HD DVD player. The HD-A1 player is already available for preorder on Amazon at a price of $499.
HD DVD movies, coming March 2006
More HD DVD movie titles
LG brand HD DVD standalone player
Another Toshiba HD DVD standalone player
RCA HD DVD player
This RCA HD DVD player was very interesting to see. Will this be another low-cost player for the HD DVD format? We'll have to wait for the release to find out. No price point is available for this unit at this time.
HD DVD notebook drive
The image above depicts a mirror that gives us a glimpse at the underside of an HD DVD notebook drive in the midst of reading an HD DVD disc.
NEC:
NEC's optical storage division was displaying their next generation HD DVD-ROM PC drive at the HD DVD booth.
NEC chipsets and the NEC HR-1100A HD DVD-ROM drive.
Mass production of the HR-1100A drives is scheduled for September of this year. At this time, the estimated pricing is approximately $1,000 but this may be reduced by the time the product hits the market.
We also asked NEC about their HD DVD writers that are currently under development. The first NEC HD DVD writer is currently carrying the model number of HD-1100A and NEC should have prototypes available this summer. The drive supports writing to CD, DVD, and HD DVD media.
This article is not yet fully completed. I opted to post a partial article so that our readers could access some of the CES content as soon as possible. If you enjoyed reading this article, please submit a link to your favorite news site. We'll have much more CES content posted soon, so please check back with us and thank you for reading!
To be continued...
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SONY DRU-820A info:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4076900
[edited by _chef_ on 10.01.2006 18:08]
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