Tag Archives: DVD

First Android powered car from China

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Arun

China Car Times is reporting that the Chinese company SAIC is launching Roewe 350 on April 23rd and Roewe 350 DVD/GPS system is actually running on Google’s Android system. The 350 will be able to get all the latest real … Continue reading →

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Disc that could store 2000 DVDs

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Arun

You might have read my earlier blog post about GE offering an optical disc that could store 500 GB data. Researchers at a University in Melbourne, Australia have come up with a “five dimensional” disc capable of storing 2000 times … Continue reading →

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Optical disc offers 500GB storage

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Arun

A disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric. The micro-holographic disc is the same size as existing DVD discs. Micro-holographic discs can store more data than DVDs or … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu – System hangs if a CD or DVD is inserted in the drive

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Arun

I have a weird problem in my desktop. If I have Brasero CD/DVD burner application installed (which is the default option in Ubuntu), my system hangs whenever I insert a CD or DVD. It doesn’t matter what type. I tried … Continue reading →

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Hybrid Blu-Ray / DVD Disc Announced

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Arun

Infinity Storage Media has released the first Blu-Ray/DVD hybrid disc in Japan. According to My Digital Life, The new technology, which embeds both Blu-ray and DVD compatible contents on the same disc is believed to be able to smoothen the … Continue reading →

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HD VMD – Another high def player

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Arun

I somehow missed this news. I accidentally came across this news in PC World today. The news was 3 months old. It was talking about a new technology, namely HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) which was supposed to be cheaper … Continue reading →

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Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player worked after firmware upgrade

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arun

My brother gifted me a Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player. I didn’t have any HD movie at home to test and the movie rental stores near my house didn’t have any HD DVD movie for rent. I played the regular … Continue reading →

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