HP Backs Blu-ray Disc with 2005 PC Lineup

[Audioholics]

<FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/HPBluraydisc.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 70px" alt=[BlueRayLogo] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/BlueRayLogo_th.gif" align=left border=0></A>HP recently 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. </FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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.</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>HP intends to continue to work with the other companies of the Blu-ray Disc Association to complete the format technology and develop the drives. HP plans to introduce Blu-ray Disc technology in late 2005 in select media center PCs, desktop PCs, personal workstations and digital entertainment devices followed by notebooks in early 2006.</FONT></P>
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[goodman]

Based upon my limited knowledge of the format technbology and the entertainment industry, it sounds as if Blu-ray is in the lead.

 

[Francious70]

I can't wait until blu-ray are affordable to the mass market. Can anyone say "True HD movies"??

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/blu-ray.htm

Paul

 

[Rob Babcock]

The "Light Scribe" doohickey sounds very cool, too. I'd love to be able to print my DVDs that way. Wonder is SureThing will support it?

 

[Duffinator]

Can't Wait

After seeing the true potential of HD from HDNET and Discovery HD, I can't wait for DVD's to be the same or better quality. On a 1080P capable display it should be stunning.

The light scribe potential does sound cool. I never liked placing decals on my CD/DVD's and my handwriting is horrible.

 

[Rob Babcock]

I have an Epson printer that will print on inkjet-printable CDs & DVDs. The results look great, but they're somewhat susceptible to moisture and fingerprints & can smudge or smear. Over the last year I've experimented a lot with spray sealers with very good results, but I wonder what the long term effects to the disc may be. Short of going to a thermal printer (much spendier & with a different set of drawbacks), inkjets & labels are the only real options at the moment. But the idea of labelling with the same laser that you burn with is very intriguing. I would think it would only be B&W, but who knows...