Archive for March 3rd, 2008

Irvine-based Broadcom said this morning that it has acquired Sunext Design, a Sunnyvale-based firm which develops semiconductors for the high-definition, Blu-ray Disc market. Broadcom said the deal is worth $48M in cash for all of the outstanding shares of Sunext Design. Sunext Design, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Sunext Technology Company Limited. Sunext develops a single-chip device which …


HD-Report
Sony Unveils Specs (and a Street Date Bump) for 'Steep' Blu-ray
High-Def Digest, CA - 1 hour ago
Sony has unveiled an extensive array of new extras for the March Blu-ray release of 'Steep,' but fans will have to wait an extra week to hit the slopes with
Blu-ray revs up its marketing Video Business (subscription)
Sony Reveals '6th Day' Blu-ray Specs High-Def Digest
Format foolishness HD-Report
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Broadcomm Acquires Sunext Design for Blu-ray Solutions
Blu-ray.com - 1 hour ago
Broadcomm has announced that they have acquired optical disc technology specialist Sunext Design in order to provide future single chip Blu-ray player and
Broadcom Acquires Sunext Design, Inc. for Optical Drive PR Newswire (press release)
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Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon - Wired News

Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon
Wired News - 3 hours ago
By Charlie Sorrel March 03, 2008 | 8:36:37 AMCategories: Apple, High Def Apple Insider has made the startling prediction that Apple plans to put Blu-ray
Rumor: Apple sourcing Notebook Blu-ray Drives I4U
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Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon - Wired News

Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon
Wired News - 1 hour ago
By Charlie Sorrel March 03, 2008 | 8:36:37 AMCategories: Apple, High Def Apple Insider has made the startling prediction that Apple plans to put Blu-ray
Rumor: Apple sourcing Notebook Blu-ray Drives I4U
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Sony PS3 To Be Must-Have Holiday Gift Thanks to Blu-ray
dBTechno, MA - 1 hour ago
Now that HD-DVD is done and gone, with Blu-ray being the definitive medium for high-definition content, the market for Blu-ray sales is likely to expand
Sony Poised To Make 2008, The Year of the PS3 dBTechno
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DivX, Inc., a digital media company, (NASDAQ:DIVX) today announced the DivX(R) Certification of Panasonic’s Blu-ray Disc (BD) Player (PN: DMP-BD30EG/EE).

Apple to put Blu-ray drive in MacBooks?
Siliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 9 minutes ago
03.03.2008 - Apple has been investigating the possibility of incorporating a Blu-ray drive into its MacBook Pro line of notebooks for the past few months

Is VMD serious comptetition for Blu-ray?
Afterdawn.com - 14 minutes ago
But now that the smoke is clearing, and Blu-ray has officially kicked HD DVD's proverbial butt, why am I still waiting to buy a Blu-ray player?

MGS4 Too Small for 50GB Blu-ray
Action Trip - 24 minutes ago
Hideo mentioned this in a recent interview, claiming that the capacity of the Blu-ray disc simply wasn't enough for what they had planned.