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Illustration of the Belleville resource - Paris AJ

This photo is an illustration of films on DVD / CD in a resource center which is a store that sells all types of objects at very low prices and second hands in the idea of a thrift store during the presentation by the deputy mayor of Paris, who presents the concrete application of the Parisian waste reduction plan with Objective less than 100,000 tons of waste by 2030. December 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of the Belleville resource - Paris AJ

This photo is an illustration of films on DVD / CD in a resource center which is a store that sells all types of objects at very low prices and second hands in the idea of a thrift store during the presentation by the deputy mayor of Paris, who presents the concrete application of the Parisian waste reduction plan with Objective less than 100,000 tons of waste by 2030. December 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gena Rowlands Dies At 94

File photo - Gena Rowlands attends the special screening of The Hired Hand, Peter's Fonda directorial debut in 1971 restored from the original classic and available on a special edition DVD in Los Angeles, CA, USA on October 22, 2003. Oscar-nominated actress Gena Rowlands, whose screen career spanned nearly seven decades, has died at 94. Rowlands was known for both her work in early independent cinema alongside her first husband, director John Cassavetes, as well as crowd-pleasing titles later in her career, including “Hope Floats” in 1998 opposite Sandra Bullock and the hit film “The Notebook” in 2004. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seiko Epson to debut cheaper projectors with built-in DVD players

TOKYO, Japan - A new model of Seiko Epson home-use, large-screen projector with a built-in DVD player displayed in Tokyo on Sept. 4. The cheapest model, with an 80-inch screen and 3.8 kilograms in weight, will cost less than 100,000 yen.

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Hitachi to roll out world's 1st Blu-ray disc video camera

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. will put the world's first Blu-ray disc digital video cameras (photo) on sale on the domestic market Aug. 30 and on overseas markets in October. The video cameras are capable of recording full high-definition video on an 8-centimeter Blu-ray disc which has five times more recording capacity than a regular DVD.

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Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

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Tokyo student helps narrow education gaps in developing nations

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 26, 2013 in Tokyo shows Atsuyoshi Saisho, a university student who has initiated a project to assist the education of youth in developing countries by offering DVD-based video lectures.

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Footage from 1945 Battle of Okinawa restored in DVD format

NAHA, Japan - Hiroaki Fukuchi, 81, leader of the Okinawa Historical Film Society, holds a 57-minute documentary on the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in June 19, 2012. The civic group based in Naha recently reissued its documentary, originally released in 1995 as a video, in DVD format ahead of the 67th anniversary June 23 marking the end of the battle.

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Toshiba to enter Japan's Blu-ray market after withdrawal from HD DVD

TOKYO, Japan - Two presenters show Toshiba Corp.'s models of Blu-ray disc recorders and a player in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The company said the same day it will release the Blu-ray disc products in mid-February, entering the Japanese Blu-ray disc market for the first time since withdrawing from the HD DVD business following its loss in the battle to become the standard for next-generation DVDs.

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Africa's 'Akiba' featuring secondhand goods draws shoppers

TOKYO, Japan - A vender sells secondhand Asian-made DVD players at Nigeria's Alaba International Market in Lagos.

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Toshiba cuts FY 2007 profit forecasts

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Muraoka, executive vice president of Toshiba Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 19. Muraoka said Toshiba has cut its group net profit projection for the business year through March 31 by 30.6 percent from its previous estimate to 125 billion yen due chiefly to its withdrawal from the HD DVD business.

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Toshiba quits HD DVD business, Blu-ray to be industry standard

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida announces in Tokyo on Feb. 19 that his company will completely withdraw from the HD DVD business, a move that will allow the rival Blu-ray format promoted by a group of electronics makers led by Sony Corp. to become the industry standard for next-generation DVDs.

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15,000 child porno DVDs confiscated in Sendai

NAGOYA, Japan - Stacks of child pornographic DVDs confiscated in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture are on display at Toyota police station in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture on June 15. According to the police, 15,000 child porno DVDS from seized from a Sendai mansion in what officials believe to be the single largest DVD seizure from one location. Three men were arrested in Sendai on suspicion of selling 44 child porno DVDs to two men in Aichi in December for 20,500 yen. The three suspects have allegedly been selling child porno DVDs online since August 2005, netting more than 100 million yen, police say.

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Toshiba to offer 2 high-end HD DVD recorders at less expensive price

TOKYO, Japan - A publicity assistant shows off one of two high-end digital video recorders with HD DVD-format recordable drives which Toshiba Corp. will put on the domestic market during a press conference in Tokyo on June 12. The two additions to Toshiba's Vardia family of DVD recorders are each capable of recording two digital HD television programs simultaneously.

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2 Brazilians pirate Disney DVDs, net 250 million yen since 2000

NAGOYA, Japan - Pirated DVDs and computer equipment on display at the Konan police station in Aichi Prefecture on April 22. Police say 300 pirated DVDs had been confiscated from two Brazilians in Nagano Prefecture who allegedly made DVD copies of Disney TV programs for sale in Japan. The suspects, Isawa Hevio Yukishigue and Alves Valter Teles, allegedly have netted 250 million yen since March 2000, selling pirated DVDs on the Internet and through Brazilian stores in Japan.

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Toshiba to roll out new HD DVD players in December

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said Nov. 15 it will roll out two new players for the High-Definition DVD format in late December for the Japanese market. Photo shows the cheaper version of the new model, the HD-XF2.

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Matsushita to sell world's 1st Blu-ray DVD recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will market the world's first Blu-ray DVD recorders with replay functions on Nov. 15 in Japan, the company said on Sept. 20. The DMR-BW 200 and DMR-BR 100 will have a suggested retail price of about 300,000 yen and 240,000 yen, respectively.

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14 software makers to back Sony, release 75 Blu-ray DVD titles

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 75 software titles on high-definition DVD in the Blu-ray format are shown during a presentation at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29. Fourteen Japanese visual software makers will release the items, which include movies, animation and music videos, in November.

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Toshiba launching HD DVD recorder ahead of Blue-ray alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Two publicity assistants introduce a hard disk video recorder for the high-definition DVD format which Toshiba Corp. will launch on July 17 at a press conference in Tokyo on June 22.

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Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks.

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Toshiba to launch HD DVD-equipped laptop in mid-May

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said April 10 it will launch in Japan in mid-May the world's first notebook computer equipped with a next-generation DVD drive. The Qosmio G30/697HS, with an HD DVD drive and a 17-inch high-definition liquid crystal monitor, is expected to sell for about 400,000 yen, Toshiba officials said.

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Toshiba launches world's 1st HD DVD player in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Fujii, senior vice president of Toshiba Corp., briefs reporters on sales of the world's first commercially available next-generation DVD player in Tokyo on March 31. The HD-XA1 player, based on the HD DVD format, was put on sale in Japan for about 110,000 yen (about $936).

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Toshiba to market next-generation DVD players ahead of rivals

LAS VEGAS, United States - Toshiba Corp. said Dec. 4 it will market next-generation DVD players (in photo) based on its high definition format in North America in March, ahead of a Sony Corp.-led group promoting another type of format. Toshiba aims to win a competitive edge in the battle for the next-generation DVD market by debuting two high definition DVD players. The HD DVD format, developed by a Toshiba-led group, is competing with the Sony-led group's Blu-ray format.

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Toshiba puts off U.S. launch of next-generation DVD players

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Fujii, Toshiba Corp.'s corporate senior vice president, holds a press conference Sept. 28. Fujii said Toshiba will put off its launch of next-generation DVD players on the U.S. market until at least February, from the initially targeted introduction this year.

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Microsoft, Toshiba to jointly develop HD-DVD players

TOKYO, Tokyo - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (L) and Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 after announcing plans to jointly develop HD-DVD players based on a next-generation DVD format by bringing together the two companies' expertise in software and hardware.

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Victor develops environmentally friendly DVD from corn starch

TOKYO, Japan - Victor Co. of Japan said Dec. 6 it has succeeded in manufacturing an environmentally friendly DVD with a special plastic synthesized from corn starch. Unlike conventional DVDs made from oil, the new DVD, made mainly from polylactide resin, will help reduce the consumption of oil and the quantity of carbon dioxide emitted in the process of incinerating used DVDs for disposal, JVC said.

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Sharp introduces Blu-ray disk recorder with hard drive, DVD

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said Nov. 11 it will introduce on Dec. 9 a new Blu-ray disk recorder (shown) with a built-in hard drive and conventional DVD unit, which can record and play back high-definition pictures with the same resolution seen in digital broadcast images. The BD-HD 100 will be priced at about 320,000 yen.

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CD-, DVD-attached confectionery selling fast

TOKYO, Japan - Throat candy ''Karaokemax,'' put on sale by Daiichikosho Co. at its karaoke parlors, is attached to CD and a booklet for teaching singing.

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Sojitz arm to sell bargain-priced, 1-week-only DVD software

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows some of the bargain-priced DVD software which Ebistrade Inc., a subsidiary of trading firm Sojitz Corp., will start marketing on Aug. 4. The company said on July 27 that its DVD movies and other software that can be played only for a week cost only 525 yen, compared with 2,000 yen-3,000 yen for conventional DVD products.

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Matsushita unveils DVD recorder adopting Blu-ray Disc format

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled June 30 what it calls the world's first DVD recorder that supports single-side, dual-layer Blu-ray Discs with a maximum capacity of 50 gigabytes. The DMR-E700BD, the high-end model of Matsushita's DIGA DVD recorder series, will be available in Japan on an open-price basis on July 31.

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Mitsubishi Electric to launch DVD recorders in May

TOKYO, Japan - Three of five DVD recorders models to be launched in May by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. are on display at a press conference March 31. The company said it will seek to capture a 10% share of Japan's rapidly growing DVD recorder market.

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(2)Sony's PSX game console with DVD/HDD put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People form long lines at Bic Camera Co.'s Yurakucho store in Tokyo as Sony Corp. put on sale a new home-use electronics device called the PSX in Japan on Dec. 13. The store opened at 9 a.m., an hour earlier than normal, to promote the sale of the game condole/DVD/HDD recorder.

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(1)Sony's PSX game console with DVD/HDD put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man gets a new home-use electronics device called the PSX which Sony Corp. put on sale in Japan on Dec. 13. PSX that can function as both a PlayStation 2 game console and a DVD/HDD (hard disk drive) recorder is available in two models -- the DESR-7000 with a 250-gigabyte HDD for a suggested retail price of 99,800 yen, and the DESR-5000 with a 160-gigabyte HDD for a suggested price of 79,800 yen.

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Sony to launch PSX game console with DVD/HDD recorder

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Oct. 7 it will launch the PSX, a home-use device that can function as both a PlayStation 2 game console and a DVD/hard-disc drive recorder in Japan in time for the year-end shopping season.

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Sony to release new DVD recorders with high-capacity HDD

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release four new models of its DVD player/recorders from Oct. 21, two of which are equipped with high-capacity hard-disk drives (HDD). The RDR-HX8 model (in photo), equipped with a 160-gigabyte HDD, is capable of recording up to 204 hours of video data, it said.

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Toshiba to launch multi-drive DVD recorder in mid-July

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said on June 16 that it will launch a new multi-drive DVD recorder that complies with the DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats in the domestic market in mid-July, making it the world's first company to launch such a model. The new RD-XS31 model (photo), which Toshiba expects will be sold at about 110,000 yen under the open-pricing formula, incorporates an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive with a recording capacity of up to 104 hours.

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Sony unveils 'Blu-ray Disc' optical disk recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said March 3 it will start marketing on April 10 an ultra-large-memory ''Blu-ray Disc'' video recorder-player (in photo) combining optical disk and blue laser technologies. The Blu-ray Disc provides 23 gigabyte storage memory capacity -- five times that of DVD.

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Man arrested for allegedly selling pirated DVDs via Web

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo police confiscated Feb. 4 pirated DVD versions of Japanese television animation (shown in photo) which Kazuhide Abe of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, allegedly sold on the Internet.

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Clarion to launch PC for car Dec. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Clarion Co. said Nov. 25 it will launch a car-mounted personal computer (PC) system, CADIAS, on the domestic market Dec. 1. The product is based on Windows CE for Automotives and incorporates a car navigation system, car stereo and DVD player. The PC can be connected to the Internet via mobile phones or personal handy phone systems, enabling a driver to download maps and traffic information while operating the car, the company said.

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9 firms unveil uniform standard for next-generation DVDs

TOKYO, Japan - Nine major Japanese, South Korean and European electronics firms unveil a uniform standard for next-generation recordable DVDs (displayed by woman in photo) on Feb. 19 in Tokyo to expand the DVD market. The Blu-ray Disk, named for its use of blue-violet semiconductor laser beams, enables the recording, rewriting and playback of up to 27 gigabytes of data on one side, roughly six times the video and sound data capacity of a conventional DVD.

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Toshiba unveils new DVD players, and large-screen projection television

Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc. announces May 19 that it will market a new line of digital videodisk (DVD)-video players and large-screen projection televisions in the U.S. toward the end of the year. The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp. will provide the world's first DVD-video players with a new technology called ''ColorStream Pro'' progressive scan, the company said.

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Sharp introduces Blu-ray disk recorder with hard drive, DVD

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said Nov. 11 it will introduce on Dec. 9 a new Blu-ray disk recorder (shown) with a built-in hard drive and conventional DVD unit, which can record and play back high-definition pictures with the same resolution seen in digital broadcast images. The BD-HD 100 will be priced at about 320,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Microsoft, Toshiba to jointly develop HD-DVD players

TOKYO, Tokyo - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (L) and Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 after announcing plans to jointly develop HD-DVD players based on a next-generation DVD format by bringing together the two companies' expertise in software and hardware. (Kyodo)

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Toshiba puts off U.S. launch of next-generation DVD players

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Fujii, Toshiba Corp.'s corporate senior vice president, holds a press conference Sept. 28. Fujii said Toshiba will put off its launch of next-generation DVD players on the U.S. market until at least February, from the initially targeted introduction this year. (Kyodo)

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14 software makers to back Sony, release 75 Blu-ray DVD titles

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 75 software titles on high-definition DVD in the Blu-ray format are shown during a presentation at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29. Fourteen Japanese visual software makers will release the items, which include movies, animation and music videos, in November. (Kyodo)

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New Sony DVD player with digital TV tuner to be on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A new Sony portable DVD player with a built-in terrestrial digital TV tuner to be on sale in Japan on Sept. 1. Sony Corp. says the device -- 23 centimeters by 3 cm by 17 cm -- can play continuously for six hours on the internal battery. (Kyodo)

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Seiko Epson to debut cheaper projectors with built-in DVD player

TOKYO, Japan - A new model of Seiko Epson home-use, large-screen projector with a built-in DVD player displayed in Tokyo on Sept. 4. The cheapest model, with an 80-inch screen and 3.8 kilograms in weight, will cost less than 100,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Toshiba quits HD DVD business, Blu-ray to be industry standard

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida announces in Tokyo on Feb. 19 that his company will completely withdraw from the HD DVD business, a move that will allow the rival Blu-ray format promoted by a group of electronics makers led by Sony Corp. to become the industry standard for next-generation DVDs. (Kyodo)

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Toshiba cuts FY 2007 profit forecasts

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Muraoka, executive vice president of Toshiba Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 19. Muraoka said Toshiba has cut its group net profit projection for the business year through March 31 by 30.6 percent from its previous estimate to 125 billion yen due chiefly to its withdrawal from the HD DVD business. (Kyodo)

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Toshiba unveils new DVD players,

Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc. announces May 19 that it will market a new line of digital videodisk (DVD)-video players and large-screen projection televisions in the U.S. toward the end of the year. The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp. will provide the world's first DVD-video players with a new technology called ''ColorStream Pro'' progressive scan, the company said. ==Kyodo