Hitachi introduces the DZ-BD10HA, the so-called next generation Blu-ray Disc Hybrid Camcorder. Hitachi DZ-BD10HA features a newly developed 7 mega pixel CMOS image sensor capable in capturing FullHD (1920 x 1080) High Definition videos.

Other than the 8cm BD/DVD …

Panasonic introduces the LF-PB37JD 8X Blu-ray burner, which is probably Panasonic’s own version of the I-O Data BRD-SP8 Blu-ray burner.

Panasonic LF-PB371JD can write both Single and Double layer BD-R at 8x and BD-RW at 2. It can also burn DVD-RAM …

LG introduces the BD300 Blu-ray disc player that is able to stream movie and TV shows from Netflix library instantly and directly to your TV. The LG BD300  is a network Blu-ray player. Other than playing Blu-ray discs, the player is able …

Samsung offers the HT-BD2 Blu-ray Home Cinema system. The system offers a full 7.1 speaker system, and a Blu-ray player. HT-BD2 supports Dolby True HD, DTS HD Master Audio, DTS HD High Resolution Audio and Dolby Digital Plus codecs. It can also turn Dolby Digital, DTS and Pro Logic IIx that turns stereo or 5.1-channel sources into pseudo 7.1.

TrustedReviews has reviewed the system and comments:
With a Blu-ray player and full 7.1-channel sound system crammed into a single package, the HT-BD2 offers better value for money than its main competitor, the Panasonic SC-BT100. What’s more, its picture quality is superb and it looks gorgeous.

But our positive impressions are spoiled by the lacklustre movie sound quality and Profile 1.0 spec, which make the Profile 1.1 Panasonic seem more attractive, provided you can afford to fork out for the extra rears. But if you’re not fussed about picture-in-picture and simply want a good-value, hassle-free system with 7.1-channel sound from the box, then the Samsung is probably your best bet.

I-O Data introduces in Japan the new BRD-SP8 (also BRD-SP8B in Black), a 8x BD-R writer. The BRD-SP8 makes use of the SATA interface. It can write both Single layer and dual layer BD-R(8x) and BD-RE(2x) media. DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R Dual Layer and …

Buffalo introduces the world’s first 8x Blu-ray burner. Both internal (BR-816FBS)SATA version and external (BR-816SU2) version with USB 2.0/eSATA interface are available.

Bases on Panasonic’s SW-5584 BD burner, Buffalo’s new burner is able to write Blu-ray recordable discs (BD-R) at 8x, and dual-layer BD-R, BD-RE …

Sony ships its BDP-S350 Blu-ray player, which has been mentioned before. The Sony BDP-S350 features the BonusView (picture-in-picture), BD-Live, support for 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output.

The new Blu-ray …

Pioneer announced that they have successfully developed a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 GB for the first time in the world. The new 400GB disc has the same per-layer capacity of 25GB as the Blu-ray.
“As for the …

Sanwa, from Japan, offers the CD-RE1AT optical disc repairer. Looks like a portable CD player, the device is able to repair discs and removes dust, fingerprints, and oily spots from the surface of discs. Sanwa CD-RE1AT will also apply a protective layer on the …

The Tohoku University in Japan has developed a new technology to record up to 42GB of data in a single DVD disc. The 42GB capacity is acheived by recoding data in V-shape pits.

What’s good about this technology is that we can make our current DVD burner …