Comments on: New Blu-ray burner from Optiarc http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/ Technology news, reviews, tips and guides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wesley Novack http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/comment-page-1/#comment-21922 Wesley Novack Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:09:33 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/#comment-21922 Even though Toshiba and Samsung had a joint optical storage venture through TSST, they have always maintained some animosity towards one another (and seperation). I don't know if it was due to racism (Japanese vs Korean) or something else, but from working with both of these companies and from other things that I've heard, they seem not to like each other very much at all... Very interesting comments on the HD-XA2 vs the BDP-1200 though, I will have to check them out in person for a side by side comparison... Even though Toshiba and Samsung had a joint optical storage venture through TSST, they have always maintained some animosity towards one another (and seperation).

I don’t know if it was due to racism (Japanese vs Korean) or something else, but from working with both of these companies and from other things that I’ve heard, they seem not to like each other very much at all…

Very interesting comments on the HD-XA2 vs the BDP-1200 though, I will have to check them out in person for a side by side comparison…

]]> By: Steve http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/comment-page-1/#comment-21919 Steve Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:18:44 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/#comment-21919 It seems that Toshiba is making Blu-ray players though through the TSST relationship with Samsung. The Toshiba HD-XA2 and the Samsung BDP-1200 are too similar to have been from a different factory. They look alike and share all the same hardware features from the broadcom chipset to the HQV scaler. They even look identical. It seems that Toshiba is making Blu-ray players though through the TSST relationship with Samsung. The Toshiba HD-XA2 and the Samsung BDP-1200 are too similar to have been from a different factory. They look alike and share all the same hardware features from the broadcom chipset to the HQV scaler. They even look identical.

]]> By: Wesley Novack http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/comment-page-1/#comment-21725 Wesley Novack Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:28:11 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/#comment-21725 Even though NEC is one of the original HD DVD developers, they haven't yet mass produced any HD DVD drives or set any release dates. As I said in the article, maybe this is due to the new relationship with Sony? I'm sure Toshiba is steaming over the whole situation... Even though NEC is one of the original HD DVD developers, they haven’t yet mass produced any HD DVD drives or set any release dates. As I said in the article, maybe this is due to the new relationship with Sony? I’m sure Toshiba is steaming over the whole situation…

]]> By: Steve http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/comment-page-1/#comment-21723 Steve Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:11:48 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/#comment-21723 That's sort of ridiculous that they'd even bother with it when it's not their own design. NEC is one of the two HD DVD developers (Toshiba the other) and they also make Blu-ray transports. Sony hasn't made HD DVD transports, but this announcement doesn't rule it out (although not "technically" Sony). That’s sort of ridiculous that they’d even bother with it when it’s not their own design.

NEC is one of the two HD DVD developers (Toshiba the other) and they also make Blu-ray transports. Sony hasn’t made HD DVD transports, but this announcement doesn’t rule it out (although not “technically” Sony).

]]> By: Ian@CDRLabs http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/comment-page-1/#comment-21616 Ian@CDRLabs Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:04:59 +0000 http://wesleytech.com/new-blu-ray-burner-from-optiarc/230/#comment-21616 You'd think Optiarc could come up with their own design but this is just a rebadged Panasonic. You’d think Optiarc could come up with their own design but this is just a rebadged Panasonic.

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