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HP Backs Blu-ray Disc Technology

Posted by michael on from the we-have-a-winner dept.

neutron_p writes "Finally HP announced plans to include Blu-ray Disc drives across many of its product lines, including select consumer desktop and notebook PCs, personal workstations and digital entertainment centers. They will start selling PCs equipped with Blu-ray Disc drives in late 2005. An optical disc technology, Blu-ray Disc is poised to replace current DVD technology and become the next standard for personal computing data storage and viewing high-definition movies. More than 70 of the world's leading technology and entertainment companies have committed to the Blu-ray Disc format. Recently, Sharp unveiled Blu-ray disc recorder with Hard Drive/DVD which will be introduced on the Japanese market in December."

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  1. Uh oh by PMJ2kx · · Score: 5, Funny
    The drives also will include LightScribe technology, a labeling solution developed by HP that allows silk-screen quality text and graphics to be burned directly onto LightScribe-enabled Blu-ray Discs using the same laser that burns to the data side of the disc.
    There goes the Sharpie pen market!
  2. My cynical side squirms... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    With all that storage George Lucas will still find a way to re-re-re-release the bastardized Star Wars movies one-per BluRay disc and people will still buy them. "More Ewoks! More pouty Anaki! More lifelike JarJar! All in THX certified Dolby Megadigital 24+3 Digital Sound!"

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  3. HP Hacks Blu-Ray by RichDiesal · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been on /. too long... I originally read the title as "HP Hacks Blu-Ray Disc Technology", and my first response was "I wonder how they did it."

  4. nope all worthless...... by johnpaul191 · · Score: 3, Funny

    you might as well ship them all to me for enviro-friendly disposal. message me and i'll give you my PO Box.

  5. Re:Digital tuner included? by k4_pacific · · Score: 2, Funny

    BS means bachelor of science.

    CS110 is a beginners entry level computer programming course.

    The implication is that whether you are an expert on computers or not, you can use this product.

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  6. Re:Phuq by baker_tony · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahh and when they arrive you'll then have to wait for the ones that can record 500Gb on "DVD's"... so how is your 486 going these days?! :-)

  7. Re:backwards? by strict3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    The DVD and CDRW units use a 'red' laser, where's blueray uses a (get this) blue laser.

    WRONG! The blueray unit uses a higherspeed red light in it's laser!

    Death toy ou!

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