Disposable DVD: an Eco-friendly step in DVD industry

By Andrew | April 20, 2008

Going against the concept of Movie rentals and cheap DVD promos, a German company is all set to launch what they call the disposable DVDs, which effectively begins eating itself after a couple of days, rendering it unplayable. Thanks to a special chemical present in the DVD that begins to erode the DVD once it is out vacuum packed casing the DVD will go useless.
Priced at €3.99 (£3.19) tht DVD is sure to come across a gamut of challenges both from the users as well as the environmentalists on questions like if it will disintegrate fully or not. I don’t know what’s going to be the fate of this innovation for if this kind of disposable DVD comes to market, the point why companies are investing so much in new manufacturing methods, particularly the not so eco-friendly ones.
Lets see what’s in store for the download and DVD industry.

Via: Techdigest

Sony Launches New Blu-Ray Recorders to Beat HD DVD

By Andrew | September 13, 2007

Sony Corp lately announced that it will hit Japan market with its four new models of Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders on 8 November. This move can be witnessed towards its ongoing combat with the HD DVD.

Sony plans to promote Blu-Ray technology with Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co that is in competition with the HD DVD format and is back sided by Toshiba and Microsoft.

The upcoming models are competent enough to store up to 16 hours of high-definition programmes on a dual-layer. The high-end model of the four comes along with a 500-GB hard disk drive and is expected with a retail price of 200,000 yen ($1,752). The USP of the Blu-ray recorders is its capability to handle traditional DVD discs.

Via Yahoo