Blu-ray for Home PC

[jerseydevil]

Whe will Blue-ray writers be available for PC installation?

[thunderhawk]

Sure.

[zombie]

I think he wants to know when.

[Alex Pallas]

not to mention laptop drives, hell i'll just buy the new Vaio, can never have too many

[Terill]

do you know when they wil be available stand alone?

[Electrox3d]

You know when it will be available? NOW! THATS WHEN! That's right, I have one! Woo! Panasonic SW-5582 Blu-ray/DVD-RAM/DVD±R/±RW/±DL plus cd-r/rw burning! It does EVERYTHING!

I have a FusionHDTV USB2.0 HDTV recorder... how do I burn HDTV to Blu-ray in movie format? anyone?

[thunderhawk]

Wow.. And the specs have just been released
You're one of the first of the board to get Blu-ray Disc equipment. Congratulations I guess.

I hope you'll find information on software vendors site about Blu-ray Disc HD burning software, I believe it's already in circulation somewhere...

CeBIT International Trade Show 2006, Hannover, Germany (March 10, 2006) -Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today released its Blu-ray Disc (BD) Technology Preview Kit. The Kit is a collection of software applications that enable PC and drive manufacturers to qualify a full range of BD capabilities including data backup of as much as 25GB on Blu-ray Disc Recordable (BD-R) or Blu-ray Disc Rewritable (BD-RE) media, non-protected Blu-ray disc copying, and BDAV format recording and playback. The Blu-ray Disc-enabled and Windows Vista™ - compatible functionality is currently being integrated into Roxio's line of premier consumer retail and OEM applications such as Roxio Easy Media Creator®, Roxio WinOnCD®, and Roxio MyDVD®.

The Blu-ray Disc Technology Preview Kit is the latest in a series of high-definition initiatives by Sonic Solutions which began its pioneering work on the new formats over two years ago. Sonic has taken the leading role in helping Hollywood and their authoring facility partners prepare for the launch of the new formats. Sonic founded the High Definition Authoring Alliance (HDAA) in 2005 and is the world's leading provider of tools and technologies vital in the production of the industry's first replicated discs to utilize advanced interactive modes for both Blu-ray Disc as well as HD DVD. In addition, Sonic has been working with consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers such as Broadcom who have licensed the company's technologies for use in its high-definition multi-function consumer electronics players. "Sonic's core high-definition technologies are tried and trusted, and already in use today helping professional content creators make a smooth transition to next-generation formats," said Mark Ely, Sonic's executive vice president of strategy. "Our knowledge and experience in these new formats combined with our growing intellectual property portfolio, uniquely positions Sonic to deliver a full selection of high-definition products ranging from professional authoring compression and authoring tools to our market leading Roxio-branded software for consumer HD creation and playback."

More: http://www.roxio.com/en/company/news..._09_06_1.jhtml

[Electrox3d]

So, I had to get a pre-release copy of Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 (before they pulled the blu-ray support). I've captured HDTV content with my fusionHDTV usb2.0 capture device and made a nice little homemade HDTV blu-ray movie disc with beautiful menu's and chapters.

Now i just need to find out how to play it... ulead doesn't come with a blu-ray player!

[thunderhawk]

You'll have to wait I'm afraid. The first Blu-ray Disc player isn't in the stores yet mate...
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=1471