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Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006

20 years ago today, the CES in Las Vegas was buzzing with talk of Blu-ray technology, players, and media. Several years in the making, Blu-rays arrived with considerable industry backing, with “seven ...
Computerworld

Taiwanese researchers to demo new optical disc format

TAIPEI – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a research body backed by Taiwan’s government, plans next week to demonstrate a new optical disk format for storing high-definition video.
Hackaday

Meet The Optical Data Format You’ve Never Heard Of Before

You consider yourself a power user. You’ve got lots of files, and damn it, you like to keep them backed up. Around a decade ago, you gave up on burning optical discs, and switched to storing your ...
Fudzilla

Blu-ray successor format to officially store 1TB on single disc

Sony develops next generation blue-violet laser In case you were wondering about the future of optical storage after Blu-ray, including its handover to alternative flash-based formats, Sony has a… ...
Twice

HD Optical Disc Battle Will Heat Up At CES

LAS VEGAS — The backers of two competing formats for next-generation optical video disc systems spent the weeks leading up to International CES jockeying for position by releasing a spate of strategic ...
InfoWorld

Sony to launch 23GB optical data disc in November

TOKYO – Sony Corp. will launch a new optical disc format in November that allows for storage of up to 23.3GB per disc, the company said Tuesday. The format, called Professional Disc for Data, is being ...