JVC Advanced Media Introduces Recordable Blu-ray LTH Media
One of the biggest players in the world of optical storage is JVC Advanced Media. Their discs were sold in the US under the brand name Taiyo Yuden until 2010 when the company transitioned to its current moniker. Both Taiyo Yuden and JVC Advanced Media are known for the high quality of their recordable CD [...]
Columbia House Launches Blu-ray Disc Club
If you picked up a magazine or newspaper at all during the 1980s or 1990s, you have probably seen an ad for Columbia House. The music-by-mail outfit relied heavily on advertising campaigns that lured in new customers with promises of a dozen tapes or compact discs for just pennies when you joined their club.
After joining [...]
DVD and Blu-ray: A Visual Comparison
One of the most important differences between DVDs and Blu-ray discs is the amount of information they can store. We’ve all heard that Blu-ray discs store 5 times more than a DVD-R disc, but what does that really mean? It doesn’t tell you in real terms how much more information the disc will hold. That’s [...]
Pioneer First to Market with Blu-ray XL Recorder
One of the exciting things about the Blu-ray format (beyond the amazing picture and sound quality) is the fact that it is changing and growing. Earlier this year, we reported on the Blu-ray Disc Association’s approval of a new specification called Blu-ray XL. In July, we blogged about Sharp introducing the first 100GB Blu-ray XL [...]
Benefits of Blu-ray: How it Fits Your Digital Life
There’s no question that Blu-ray has anchored itself as the most recent evolutionary step in consumer optical media, but its cost and lack of mainstream availability may have held you back in the past from using it. Not anymore. You’ll leave here with no excuse for not using Blu-ray media and devices in your daily [...]
