Posted August 30, 2006 
Comments(0) Since last spring, the software products of VSO have been collecting data (unless the user refuses to) about DVD recorders and DVD recordable media. The data offers a good source for statistical analysis, as the VSO’s products are increasingly popular. This is their second report based on the collected data and they are now handing out two awards.
Posted August 30, 2006 Comments(0) Wired has a quite interesting article about PS3 and Sony. Will the PS3 blow gamers away or is it just a big fiasco? Is the $600 price too much for the customers? It seems that all those delays and negative publicity for Sony (Sony BMG antipiracy software etc) will not gave the flawless launch for the PS3. Longer you wait for something, the higher your expectations become, that is a fact!
Posted August 29, 2006 Comments(0) According to DigiTimes, Blu-ray and HD-DVD competition could freeze until 2007 due to laser diode shortage. Although several vendors, including Royal Philips Electronics, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), Sony, Matsushita Electric, Lite-On IT and BenQ, already announced BD or HD-DVD drives, only Pioneer and Plextor are currently able to maintain actual shipments.
Posted August 28, 2006 Comments(1) Nero AG just dropped us an email that an updated version of the Nero Burning ROM is available for distribution. They have not however published a changelog yet. As usual, you can download the latest Nero version from our official download mirror page.
Posted August 27, 2006 Comments(0) The definitive High Definition FAQ has been updated to version 0.7.7. What ever you wanted to know about Blu-ray or HD-DVD, you will find it in this document. The latest release adds a bit more information regarding 1080i versus 1080p and also some information about Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive.
Posted August 24, 2006 Comments(0) Separately they are great, but together an unbeatable combination. The latest DVD-RB integrates smoothly with ImgBurn v2 for the DVD recording process. This has the benefit that no .ISO creation is needed, which saves time and HD space. ImgBurn on the other hand is a very robust and capable recording engine and totally free.
Posted August 23, 2006 Comments(0) According to DigiTimes, Lite-On IT has received orders from Toshiba for half-height (H/H) HD-DVD burners. Toshiba is releasing the H/H models to Lite-On IT in order to focus its own production on slim-type HD-DVD burners. Lite-On IT last week announced that it is developing H/H HD-DVD burners, with volume production to start in March 2007.
Posted August 21, 2006 Comments(0) Poikosoft has released the version 10 of their famous audio CD ripper, the Easy CD-DA Extractor. It is one of the very first CD rippers for Win32 platform and also one of the most advanced ones. It has excellent features for ripping, encoding and burning audio data - it can recover scratched CD’s and handles non-standard and multi-session CD’s painlessly, including protected ones.
Posted August 21, 2006 Comments(0) Lite-On IT, the largest maker of optical disc drives in Taiwan, on August 18 announced it is developing half-height (H/H) HD-DVD burners, according to DigiTimes. The volume production would start in March 2007. Lite-On IT seems to have a quite neutral attitude between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD.
Posted August 20, 2006 Comments(0) The definitive High Definition FAQ has been updated. What ever you wanted to about Blu-ray or HD-DVD, you will find it in this document. The latest release adds a bit more information about 1080p on HD-DVD as well as other small changes.
