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Blu-ray and HD DVD Burning & Playback Questions

For today’s post, we answer a question from a reader about Blu-ray burning and writing on Mac OS X computers. Pete asks:

” hi, i read your helpful comment about how you record onto your Digistor blu-ray external burner. I also have a macbook and want to  record HD media. If you would just let me know real quick

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HDCP “master key” for unlocking protected HDTV video released?

The MPAA‘s (Motion Picture Association of America) plan of releasing streaming high definition versions of movies currently showing in theaters may just have been broken wide open. The identity of the source is still in limbo right now, but a “master key” unlocking the HDCP protocol has just been released. Engadget says:

Just as the MPAA

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US consumers take to Blu-ray 3D

It’s nothing short of amazing how James Cameron’ s Avatar helped the cause of Blu-ray 3D. We half kid, of course. But James Cameron’s now ubiquitous 3D flick — though failing to capture 2009′s Oscar award for best picture — did open up the eyes of consumers (pun intended) to the wonders of watching in

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Producing Blu-ray discs via Adobe Creative Suite

This “how to” teaches HD video freaks (like us) how to output high definition videos to blu-ray media. With the advent of high definition cameras and video devices, it is imperative for video professionals and those who are starting out in creating home-made HD videos to be able to output their video content to Blu-ray

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Using Blu-Ray in Windows 7

If you’ve already jumped to Microsoft’s “the OS Vista was supposed to be” — aka Windows 7 — then you will be happy to know that our friends from Redmond have incorporated native Blu-Ray features into their newest operating system. We’re gonna give you the lowdown on using Blu-Ray technology for Windows 7.

Blu-ray Playback

A lot

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Cube-N7DT, ZOTAC ZBOX – More nVidia ION 2 nettops

We talked about the launching of nVidia’s ION 2 graphics solution a week ago. This is a follow-up of its critically acclaimed first version, the nVidia ION, a graphics solution that offers a more robust video performance than the more basic but widely used Intel GMA solution.

nVidia has touted the original ION for HD viewing

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nVidia ION 2 is Here: Next-Gen Graphics for your Netbook/Nettop

We talked up nVidia’s ION graphics solution for netbooks a while back — mainly because it gave a more robust graphics foundation to an already thin netbook platform. Where the Intel GMA integrated video fails, ION graphics gave netbooks a fighting chance for displaying better video resolutions, better gaming capabilities, high definition video, and (shock!)

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Keeping your photography data safe

So you’re out on your first photography gig, or you’re out on the countryside taking your first batch of nature or landscape pics. Digital photography is a great way to capture images and the world in your own way. Photographers at one point or another will need to download their images when they run out

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Dave Helmly talks Blu-ray Authoring with Adobe Encore

Adobe’s in-house tech/software guru Dave Helmly talks about a topic we very much love (because we’re Blu-ray addicts) — Blu-ray authoring. He tackles this with Adobe software (of course), this one with Adobe Encore. Enjoy the authoring lesson, it’s 20-plus minutes of cool tips and tricks — a veritable treasure trove of stuff you need

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Panasonic, Sony promise more space per Blu-ray disc

And more good news at the start of 2010 for you Blu-ray addicts. Panasonic and Sony are working on upcoming technology that will increase the data capacity per layer of blank Blu-ray discs, currently at 25GBs, to 33.4GBs. Found this via Electronista.com:

Panasonic and Sony on Friday were revealed to have made a technology that could

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