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Issue Date: May 30, 2009
Netbooks penetrate 20% of NB PC market in Q1
May 19, 2009
About six million netbooks (mini-note PCs) were shipped in the first quarter, raising their penetration in the notebook PC market close to 20%, according to preliminary data from DisplaySearch, a display market researcher and consultant.
aiwan-based Acer Inc. was the No. 1 player in the netbook market with a market share of 30.5%, delivering
twice as many netbooks as another Taiwanese player and also the innovator of such product, Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus). HP continued its dominance of the notebook PC category, growing share to 24.1%, with more than 7.3 million units shipped in the first quarter.
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Companies work to bring 3D to Blu-ray
May 20, 2009
A recently released report indicates the Blu-ray Disc Association is now looking to integrate 3D viewing technology into the official Blu-ray standard to help generate new consumer interest.
"Blu-ray Disc is the ideal platform for bringing 3D technology to mainstream home entertainment,” according to a statement issued from the BDA. “The format has been widely embraced by consumers, and the 1080p picture quality and overall experience have become the standards against which all other high-definition delivery platforms are measured."
Even though Blu-ray is the lone high-definition format expected to replace DVDs, consumers have been hesitant to upgrade to the more expensive viewing technology. The BDA hopes 3D Blu-ray will help convince even more viewers to leave behind DVD.
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Industry Transition to Slimline SATA Technology
May 2009
Optical drive manufacturers have been actively discontinuing production of 12.7mm notebook-sized PATA/IDE hardware. To replace these products, they’ve started producing and shipping native Slimline SATA optical drives
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Panasonic Talks Blu-ray
April 6, 2009
CDRinfo had the chance to talk with Mr. Hiroyuki Hasegawa, General manager of Technology Group, Media Business Unit, Device Business Group, at Panasonic Corp's AVC Networks Company and actually the man in charge of optical media engineering in Panasonic Japan. Mr. Hasegawa talked about the archival potential of Blu-ray discs, provided in formation about Panasonic's new BD-R SL (25GB) and DL (50GB) discs, commented on the possible success of the new LTH (Low-To-High) BD-R discs and finally expressed its belief that the Blu-ray disc format can be a future-proof successor of the DVD.
Global shipments of HD-capable equipment in these categories will rise to 202 million units by 2012, up from 68.9 million in 2008. By 2012, 52.9 percent of STBs, camcorders, DVD players and game consoles shipped will be HD-capable, up from 21.6 percent in 2008
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