Sony DADC Produces 10 Millionth 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Disc

[patrick99]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4674217&EDATE=

Sony DADC Produces 10 Millionth 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Disc



Production milestone reflects the increasing popularity of 50 Gigabyte
Blu-ray Disc in the Home Entertainment market

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony DADC today announced the
production of its 10 millionth 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Disc (BD50). Sony DADC
manufactures BD50s in its three plants, located in Terre Haute, Indiana;
Salzburg, Austria; and Shizuoka, Japan. The ten millionth BD50 was
manufactured at Sony DADC's Terre Haute facility, and was "Spider-Man(TM)
3" from Columbia Pictures.
Since the launch of this High Definition format, Sony DADC has produced
more than 50 million Blu-ray Discs in its three plants, In addition, these
three plants have a combined Blu-ray manufacturing capacity of 21 million
discs per month.
"A year and a half ago, when the dual-layer 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Disc
was introduced it caused a stir amongst the content creation industry,"
said Bob Hurley, EVP, Sales and Marketing. "The exceptionally high storage
capacity enables movie studios to present their titles in the very best
High Definition visual and audio quality. Furthermore, these huge capacity
discs provide opportunities to load added value content, such as bonus
material, interviews with the actors and production team, plus rich
BD-Java-based interactivity designed to provide a complete entertainment
experience."
Since Blu-ray Disc manufacturing began in Terre Haute in May '06,
capacity and yield rates have consistently climbed.
"BD25 yield rates and machine output performance have exceeded our
expectations.
Single layer yields are consistently around 85% and daily machine
output levels are approaching parity with our DVD assets," said Mike
Mitchell, EVP Sony DADC. "With regard to BD50, yields have increased
steadily, and are consistently between 75% and 79%. Cycle times for BD50
have likewise been improved dramatically. As demand for both BD25 and BD50
increases and the production lines are run more consistently, we fully
anticipate further yield improvements."
To promote market development of Blu-ray Disc manufacturing, Sony DADC
has worked with leading system integrators of disc replication equipment
such as Singulus and Oerlikon in the areas of dual layer Blu-ray production
technologies. As a result, both Singulus and Oerlikon have recently
announced the shipping of their first BD50 production liners to their
customers within the next few weeks.
About Sony DADC
Sony DADC, a leading producer of optical disc media, has cutting-edge
optical media manufacturing facility locations in Terre Haute, IN and
Pitman, NJ. Although widely known for its quality disc production and
distribution services, Sony DADC also develops and delivers dynamic
technologies that not only protect disc content, but also transform discs
into powerful marketing tools by adding secure links to bonus web-site
content or prize incentives. Sony DADC operates within the Sony Corporation
of America corporate group. Visit us at http://www.sonydadc.com or call
1.800.358.7316 for more information.

[lokus]

Now we have some numbers and yield rates. They look pretty good for me considering it is new technology and one that is still pretty new. I think thats a good sign. Will HD-DVD spin this as bad news?

[mattym]

blatantly a lie, yield rates at 75 - 80%, cant be true...vaughn says its less, and he must be right, because his friend told him....

[PaulGo]

That should settle the questions about yields.

[GaS]

Calling Mr. Vaughn...

I can see his response now: "but.. but.. this is sony. What about the independent replicators!! Yields are less than 10%!!"

[WickyWoo]

I can tell you that it's not just Sony getting those numbers either

[PaulGo]

I am sure Sony is sharing its technology with the other Blu-ray manufacturers. I expect withing six months the yields to be much higher.

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by mattym

blatantly a lie, yield rates at 75 - 80%, cant be true...vaughn says its less, and he must be right, because his friend told him....

Of course it's a lie...and BD50 are science fiction didn't you know .. let's remind ourselves - who is lying and who isn't?

[Scorxpion]

This should calm down DAVID VAUGHN AND HD-DVD FANS from attacking BLU-RAY discs

[WickyWoo]

This should calm down DAVID VAUGHN AND HD-DVD FANS from attacking BLU-RAY discs

They'll just say Sony's lying and move happily right along

[The Big Blue]

Yep, it should put an end to the BS but experience says it won't.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

They'll just say Sony's lying and move happily right along

I was going to post the same thing!!!

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

They'll just say Sony's lying and move happily right along

I bet Amir stands by his "40% from Sony, 10% from others" FUD.

[Scorxpion]

They'll just say Sony's lying and move happily right along

No matter what they do they keep telling lies throwing FUD and illusions,the fact is and its very simple cant hide the Truth.

BD IS THE SUPERIOR FORMAT.

Just i hate them when i read how they comment on BD,Higher bit rate doesn't interfere with PQ,PCM is not better than DOLBY THD,Yields rate are taking down the BD production.

[mattym]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

Of course it's a lie...and BD50 are science fiction didn't you know .. let's remind ourselves - who is lying and who isn't?

i cant see why Vaughn would make up stuff, i can see why Amir would, but Vaughn is a mystery

[sj001]

Originally Posted by mattym

i cant see why Vaughn would make up stuff, i can see why Amir would, but Vaughn is a mystery

Vaugh is just a wolf in sheep's clothing in my opinion.

[kurtlingle]

This is great news and confirms those numbers that we were all interested in. I guess cost will also improve with time and BD is showing itself capable of being the next-gen format.

Go Blu-ray!

:-)

[sj001]

...and with BD-25's and BD-50's really getting there, how soon will it be before BD-100's start coming out, and will they be readable with current player's? Perhaps with a firmware update?

[MrVorhees]

Originally Posted by Scorxpion

This should calm down DAVID VAUGHN AND HD-DVD FANS from attacking BLU-RAY discs

LOL!! i think you dont know how simpleminded HD DVD fanboys are, you can give them FACTS, they still try to spin those with imaginations of their mind.

Best example: Lee Stewart over AVS, he said sony counted all the broken discs as well!!


SERIOUS, how birdbrained can people be?


BTT, i've never believed those FUD over AVS against the BD yield rates! finally some proof that shows AVS got wrong....again!

[MarekM]

it's a lot of fun to read AVS thread about this lot of fun

some of them believe that there is no movie with more than 45GB lol

last count

FLAG: Director's Edition 48,634,586,972
Pearl Harbor 47,568,993,406
Black Hawk Down 45,638,838,470
Casino Royale (2006) 47,306,624,902
Crank 49,898,065,940
The Descent: Original Unrated Cut 48,372,904,400
EU Hellboy 49,442,625,586
Premonition 48,914,539,271
Rocky Balboa 46,305,735,140
Reds 49,343,703,600

and there are many more above 40


Marek