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323 relations: AACS LA, Abrasion (mechanical), Advanced Video Coding, Africa, Americas, Anamorphic format, Ancestry.com, Angular resolution, AnyDVD, Archival Disc, Arrow Films, Associated Press, Audioholics, Austin American-Statesman, Australia, AVCHD, AVCREC, Backward compatibility, BBC, BBC News, BD-J, Belarus, Best Buy, Bitstream format, Blockbuster (retailer), Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-ray Disc recordable, Blue laser, Broadband, Byte, Caddy (hardware), Camcorder, Canada, CEATEC, Central Asia, China, Chroma subsampling, Circana, Circuit City, CNBC, CNET, Collectable, Color depth, Color space, Comic Book Resources, Compact disc, Comparison of high-definition optical disc formats, Comparison of popular optical data-storage systems, Computer file, ... Expand index (273 more) »
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AACS LA
AACS LA (Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator) is the body that develops and licenses the AACS copy-protection system used on the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc high-definition optical disc formats.
Abrasion (mechanical)
Abrasion is the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away.
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Advanced Video Coding
Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also referred to as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, is a video compression standard based on block-oriented, motion-compensated coding. Blu-ray and Advanced Video Coding are high-definition television.
See Blu-ray and Advanced Video Coding
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Anamorphic format
Anamorphic format is the cinematography technique of shooting a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen native aspect ratio.
See Blu-ray and Anamorphic format
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
Angular resolution
Angular resolution describes the ability of any image-forming device such as an optical or radio telescope, a microscope, a camera, or an eye, to distinguish small details of an object, thereby making it a major determinant of image resolution.
See Blu-ray and Angular resolution
AnyDVD
AnyDVD is a device driver for Microsoft Windows which allows decryption of DVDs on the fly, as well as targeted removal of copy preventions and user operation prohibitions (UOPs).
Archival Disc
Archival Disc (AD) is the name of a discontinued trademark owned by Sony and Panasonic describing an optical disc storage medium designed for long-term digital storage. Blu-ray and Archival Disc are audio storage, consumer electronics, high-definition television, home video, Japanese inventions, optical computer storage media, rotating disc computer storage media, television terminology and video storage.
Arrow Films
Arrow Films is a British independent film distributor and restorer specialising in world cinema, arthouse, horror and classic films.
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Audioholics
Audioholics is an audio/video (A/V) and home theater technology review site and Internet forum.
Austin American-Statesman
The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. The distribution of the following The New York Times, The Washington Post, Associated Press, and USA TODAY international and national news, but also incorporates strong Central Texas coverage, especially in political reporting.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
AVCHD
AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video. Blu-ray and AVCHD are high-definition television and video storage.
AVCREC
AVCREC is a format for recording and playback of high definition video in BDAV (Blu-ray Audio/Visual) format using conventional DVD recordable discs as recording media.
Backward compatibility
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BD-J
BD-J, or Blu-ray Disc Java, is a specification supporting Java ME (specifically the Personal Basis Profile of the Connected Device Configuration or CDC) Xlets for advanced content on Blu-ray Disc and the Packaged Media profile of Globally Executable MHP (GEM). Blu-ray and BD-J are blu-ray Disc, high-definition television, Java platform and video storage.
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Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.
Bitstream format
A bitstream format is the format of the data found in a stream of bits used in a digital communication or data storage application.
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Blockbuster (retailer)
Blockbuster (formerly called Blockbuster Video) is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain.
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Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. Blu-ray and Blu-ray are 2006 in technology, 21st-century inventions, audio storage, Audiovisual introductions in 2006, blu-ray Disc, computer-related introductions in 2006, consumer electronics, high-definition television, home video, Japanese inventions, Java platform, optical computer storage media, products introduced in 2006, rotating disc computer storage media, Sony hardware, television terminology and video storage.
Blu-ray Disc Association
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is the industry consortium that develops and licenses Blu-ray Disc technology and is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc Association are blu-ray Disc and high-definition television.
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Blu-ray Disc recordable
Blu-ray Disc Recordable (BD-R) and Blu-ray Disc Recordable Erasable (BD-RE) refer to two direct to disc optical disc recording technologies that can be recorded on to a Blu-ray-based optical disc with an optical disc recorder. Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc recordable are audio storage, blu-ray Disc, consumer electronics, optical computer storage media and rotating disc computer storage media.
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Blue laser
A blue laser emits electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 400 and 500 nanometers, which the human eye sees in the visible spectrum as blue or violet. Blu-ray and blue laser are blu-ray Disc and Japanese inventions.
Broadband
In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth data transmission that exploits signals at a wide spread of frequencies or several different simultaneous frequencies, and is used in fast Internet access.
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
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Caddy (hardware)
In computer hardware, a caddy is a container used to protect an optical media disc from damage when handling.
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Camcorder
A camcorder is a self-contained portable electronic device with video and recording as its primary function. Blu-ray and camcorder are consumer electronics and Japanese inventions.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
CEATEC
Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (also known as CEATEC) is an annual trade show in Japan.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chroma subsampling
Chroma subsampling is the practice of encoding images by implementing less resolution for chroma information than for luma information, taking advantage of the human visual system's lower acuity for color differences than for luminance.
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Circana
Circana, formerly known as IRI Worldwide and The NPD Group (previously National Purchase Diary Panel Inc. and NPD Research Inc.) is an American market research and technology company.
Circuit City
Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s.
CNBC
CNBC is an American business news channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
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CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
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Collectable
A collectable (collectible or collector's item) is any object regarded as being of value or interest to a collector.
Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
Color space
A color space is a specific organization of colors.
Comic Book Resources
CBR, formerly Comic Book Resources, is a news website covering movies, television, anime, video games and comic book–related news and discussion.
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Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. Blu-ray and compact disc are consumer electronics, home video, Japanese inventions, optical computer storage media, rotating disc computer storage media and video storage.
Comparison of high-definition optical disc formats
This article compares the technical specifications of multiple high-definition formats, including HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc; two mutually incompatible, high-definition optical disc formats that, beginning in 2006, attempted to improve upon and eventually replace the DVD standard. Blu-ray and Comparison of high-definition optical disc formats are blu-ray Disc, high-definition television and video storage.
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Comparison of popular optical data-storage systems
, multiple consumer-oriented, optical-disk media formats are or were available.
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Computer file
In computing, a computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename.
Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.
Constant angular velocity
In optical storage, constant angular velocity (CAV) is a qualifier for the rated speed of any disc containing information, and may also be applied to the writing speed of recordable discs. Blu-ray and constant angular velocity are audio storage, rotating disc computer storage media and video storage.
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Consumer Electronics Show
CES (formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Blu-ray and Consumer Electronics Show are consumer electronics.
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Container format
A container format (informally, sometimes called a wrapper) or metafile is a file format that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single file, usually along with metadata for identifying and further detailing those streams.
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Content Scramble System
The Content Scramble System (CSS) is a digital rights management (DRM) and encryption system employed on many commercially produced DVD-Video discs.
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Copyright
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Cryptography Research
Cryptography Research, Inc. is a San Francisco based cryptography company specializing in applied cryptographic engineering, including technologies for building tamper-resistant semiconductors.
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Data compression
In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.
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Data storage
Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium.
Data-rate units
In telecommunications, data transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system.
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Dell
Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services.
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Diffraction
Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the obstacle/aperture.
Digital 3D
Digital 3D is a non-specific 3D standard in which films, television shows, and video games are presented and shot in digital 3D technology or later processed in digital post-production to add a 3D effect.
Digital broadcasting
Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital signals rather than analogue signals for broadcasting over radio frequency bands (radio broadcasting).
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Digital copy
A digital copy is a commercially distributed computer file containing a media product such as a film or music album.
Digital distribution
Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content such as audio, video, e-books, video games, and other software.
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Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE, LLC.) was a consortium of major film studios, consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers, networking hardware vendors, systems integrators, and Digital Rights Management (DRM) vendors listed below.
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Digital media
In mass communication, digital media is any communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats.
Digital recording
In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video.
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Digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Blu-ray and digital rights management are television terminology.
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Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canada and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. Blu-ray and digital video recorder are television terminology.
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Disc rot
Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration.
Disk density
Disk density is a capacity designation on magnetic storage, usually floppy disks.
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Blu-ray and Dolby Digital are consumer electronics and high-definition television.
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus, also known as Enhanced AC-3 (and commonly abbreviated as DDP, DD+, E-AC-3 or EC-3), is a digital audio compression scheme developed by Dolby Labs for the transport and storage of multi-channel digital audio. Blu-ray and Dolby Digital Plus are high-definition television.
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Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless, multi-channel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories for home video, used principally in Blu-ray Disc and compatible hardware. Blu-ray and Dolby TrueHD are blu-ray Disc.
DTS (company)
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company.
DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-HD Master Audio (DTS-HD MA; known as DTS++ before 2004) is a multi-channel, lossless audio codec developed by DTS as an extension of the lossy DTS Coherent Acoustics codec (DTS CA; usually itself referred to as just DTS). Blu-ray and DTS-HD Master Audio are blu-ray Disc.
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Dune (2021 film)
Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth.
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Durabis
Durabis (Latin for "you will last") is a brand name for a clear polymer coating developed by the TDK Corporation. Blu-ray and Durabis are Japanese inventions.
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. Blu-ray and DVD are consumer electronics, home video, Japanese inventions, optical computer storage media, rotating disc computer storage media and video storage.
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DVD Forum
The DVD Forum is an international organization composed of hardware, software, media and production companies that use and develop the DVD and formerly HD DVD formats.
DVD region code
DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997.
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DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD.
DVD-Video
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. Blu-ray and DVD-Video are audio storage, consumer electronics, home video, Japanese inventions, rotating disc computer storage media and video storage.
Dynamic Resolution Adaptation
Dynamic Resolution Adaptation (DRA) is an audio encoding specification developed by DigiRise Technology. Blu-ray and Dynamic Resolution Adaptation are blu-ray Disc.
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Ecma International
Ecma International is a nonprofit standards organization for information and communication systems.
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Engadget
Engadget is a technology news, reviews and analysis website offering daily coverage of gadgets, consumer electronics, video games, gaming hardware, apps, social media, streaming, AI, space, robotics, electric vehicles and other potentially consumer-facing technology.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Feature film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program.
Field (video)
In video, a field is one of the many still images displayed sequentially to create the impression of motion on the screen.
Film studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films.
Flag (programming)
In computer programming, flag can refer to one or more bits that are used to store a binary value or a Boolean variable for signaling special code conditions, such as file empty or full queue statuses.
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Format war
A format war is a competition between similar but mutually incompatible technical standards that compete for the same market, such as for data storage devices and recording formats for electronic media.
Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License.
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Future Shop
Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain.
Gallium nitride
Gallium nitride is a binary III/V direct bandgap semiconductor commonly used in blue light-emitting diodes since the 1990s.
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Gamut
In color reproduction and colorimetry, a gamut, or color gamut, is a convex set containing the colors that can be accurately represented, i.e. reproduced by an output device (e.g. printer or display) or measured by an input device (e.g. camera or visual system).
Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)
Ghost in the Shell is a 2017 science fiction action film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.
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Ghosts I–IV
Ghosts I–IV is the sixth studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by The Null Corporation on March 2, 2008.
Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
Gizmodo
Gizmodo is a design, technology, science, and science fiction website.
Globally Executable MHP
Globally Executable MHP (GEM) is a DVB specification of a Java based middleware for TV broadcast receivers, IPTV terminals and Blu-ray players. Blu-ray and Globally Executable MHP are blu-ray Disc and Java platform.
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H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
H.262 or MPEG-2 Part 2 (formally known as ITU-T Recommendation H.262 and ISO/IEC 13818-2, also known as MPEG-2 Video) is a video coding format standardised and jointly maintained by ITU-T Study Group 16 Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), and developed with the involvement of many companies.
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Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material. Blu-ray and hard disk drive are rotating disc computer storage media.
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Hard disk drive performance characteristics
Higher performance in hard disk drives comes from devices which have better performance characteristics.
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HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
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HD DVD
HD DVD (short for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is an obsolete. Blu-ray and HD DVD are audio storage, Audiovisual introductions in 2006, consumer electronics, high-definition television, optical computer storage media, rotating disc computer storage media and video storage.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen.
High dynamic range
High dynamic range (HDR), also known as wide dynamic range, extended dynamic range, or expanded dynamic range, is a signal with a higher dynamic range than usual.
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High Efficiency Video Coding
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2, is a video compression standard designed as part of the MPEG-H project as a successor to the widely used Advanced Video Coding (AVC, H.264, or MPEG-4 Part 10). Blu-ray and High Efficiency Video Coding are high-definition television.
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High Fidelity Pure Audio
High Fidelity Pure Audio, occasionally abbreviated as HFPA, is a marketing initiative, spearheaded by Sony Music Universal Music Group, for audio-only Blu-ray optical discs. Blu-ray and High Fidelity Pure Audio are audio storage and blu-ray Disc.
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High-definition optical disc format war
The high-definition optical disc format war was a market competition between the Blu-ray and HD DVD optical disc standards for storing high-definition video and audio; it took place between 2006 and 2008 and was won by Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray and high-definition optical disc format war are blu-ray Disc.
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. Blu-ray and high-definition television are consumer electronics and television terminology.
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High-definition video
High-definition video (HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. Blu-ray and high-definition video are blu-ray Disc, consumer electronics, high-definition television and Japanese inventions.
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High-resolution audio
High-resolution audio (high-definition audio or HD audio) is a term for audio files with greater than 44.1 kHz sample rate or higher than 16-bit audio bit depth.
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Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Hitch (film)
Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith in the title role, along with Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta.
Holographic Versatile Disc
The Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology that was expected to store up to several terabytes of data on an optical disc 10 cm or 12 cm in diameter. Blu-ray and Holographic Versatile Disc are rotating disc computer storage media.
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Home video
Home video is recorded media sold or rented for home viewing.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers is a 2004 wuxia romance film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
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Image Constraint Token
The Image Constraint Token (ICT) is a protocol flag that can cause downsampling of high-definition video content on Blu-ray and HD DVD to slightly-better-than-DVD quality video.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Interlaced video
Interlaced video (also known as interlaced scan) is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming extra bandwidth.
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Internationalization and localization
In computing, internationalization and localization (American) or internationalisation and localisation (British), often abbreviated i18n and l10n respectively, are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional peculiarities and technical requirements of a target locale.
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ISDB
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB; Japanese:, Tōgō dejitaru hōsō sābisu) is a Japanese broadcasting standard for digital television (DTV) and digital radio. Blu-ray and ISDB are high-definition television and Japanese inventions.
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James Gosling
James Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Java (programming language)
Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. Blu-ray and Java (programming language) are Java platform.
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Java virtual machine
A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are also compiled to Java bytecode. Blu-ray and Java virtual machine are Java platform.
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JavaOne
JavaOne is an annual conference first organized in 1996 by Sun Microsystems to discuss Java technologies, primarily among Java developers. Blu-ray and JavaOne are Java platform.
JVC
JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City.
Laser diode
The laser diode chip removed and placed on the eye of a needle for scale A laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode in which a diode pumped directly with electrical current can create lasing conditions at the diode's junction.
Lens
A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction.
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Letterboxing (filming)
Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.
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LG
LG Corporation (or LG Group), formerly known as Lucky-Goldstar, is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family.
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License
A license (US) or licence (Commonwealth) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).
Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (also known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, and doing business as Lionsgate) is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
List of Blu-ray player manufacturers
This aims to be a complete list of Blu-ray manufacturers. Blu-ray and list of Blu-ray player manufacturers are audio storage, blu-ray Disc, consumer electronics, high-definition television and Java platform.
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List of optical disc manufacturers
This aims to be a complete list of optical disc manufacturers, including pre-recorded/pressed/replicated, record-able/write-once and re-writable discs. Blu-ray and list of optical disc manufacturers are blu-ray Disc and optical computer storage media.
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List of PlayStation 3 games (A–C)
There are currently 2562 games in this table across all pages: A to C, D to I, J to P, and Q to Z. It does not include PlayStation minis, PS one Classics or PS2 Classics.
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List of PlayStation 4 games
This is a list of games that were released for the PlayStation 4 console.
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List of PlayStation 5 games
This is a list of games for the PlayStation 5.
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List of United States MPEG-2 patents
A large number of patents have been filed in the United States since 1978 for video coding systems and devices adhering to the MPEG-2 standard.
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List of Xbox One games
This is a list of Xbox One games planned or released either at retail or via download.
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List of Xbox Series X and Series S games
The following is a list of games that have been announced for release or released on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Both were released on November 10, 2020.
See Blu-ray and List of Xbox Series X and Series S games
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Maxell
, commonly known as Maxell, is a Japanese company that manufactures consumer electronics.
Maximum likelihood sequence estimation
Maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) is a mathematical algorithm that extracts useful data from a noisy data stream.
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Memory Stick
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Mini CD
Mini CDs, or pocket CDs, are CDs with a smaller diameter and one-third the storage capacity of a standard 120 mm disc. Blu-ray and Mini CD are audio storage and optical computer storage media.
MiniDVD
MiniDVD or 8 cm DVD (also "3 inch DVD") is a DVD disc with a reduced diameter of. Blu-ray and MiniDVD are optical computer storage media and video storage.
Mitsubishi
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Movies Anywhere
Movies Anywhere (MA) is a cloud-based digital rights locker and over-the-top streaming platform that allows users to stream and download purchased films, including digital copies redeemed from codes found in home video releases as well as digital purchases from participating services.
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MPEG program stream
Program stream (PS or MPEG-PS) is a container format for multiplexing digital audio, video and more.
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MPEG transport stream
MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS, MTS) or simply transport stream (TS) is a standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) data.
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MPEG-2
MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information".
Multimedia
Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.
Multimedia Home Platform
Multimedia Home Platform (DVB-MHP) is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television.
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Multiplexing
In telecommunications and computer networking, multiplexing (sometimes contracted to muxing) is a method by which multiple analog or digital signals are combined into one signal over a shared medium. Blu-ray and multiplexing are television terminology.
Multiview Video Coding
Multi View Video Coding (MVC, also known as MVC 3D) is a stereoscopic video coding standard for video compression that allows for encoding of video sequences captured simultaneously from multiple camera angles in a single video stream.
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Nanometre
molecular scale. The nanometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: nm), or nanometer (American spelling), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one billionth (short scale) of a meter (0.000000001 m) and to 1000 picometres.
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of Postmedia Network.
NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
New Line Cinema
New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
NHK
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.
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Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the polarization density P responds non-linearly to the electric field E of the light.
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North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.
NTSC
NTSC (from National Television Standards Committee) is the first American standard for analog television, published in 1941. Blu-ray and NTSC are television terminology.
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Numerical aperture
In optics, the numerical aperture (NA) of an optical system is a dimensionless number that characterizes the range of angles over which the system can accept or emit light.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Optical disc
An optical disc is a flat, usuallyNon-circular optical discs exist for fashion purposes; see shaped compact disc. Blu-ray and optical disc are optical computer storage media.
Optical disc drive
In computing, an optical disc drive is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. Blu-ray and optical disc drive are audio storage, Japanese inventions and video storage.
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Optical disc recording technologies
Optical disc authoring requires a number of different optical disc recorder technologies working in tandem, from the optical disc media to the firmware to the control electronics of the optical disc drive. Blu-ray and optical disc recording technologies are optical computer storage media.
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Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analog television. Blu-ray and PAL are television terminology.
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Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
Parallel ATA
Parallel ATA (PATA), originally, also known as IDE or Integrated Drive Electronics, is a standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Paste (magazine)
Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.
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Patch (computing)
A patch is data that is intended to be used to modify an existing software resource such as a program or a file, often to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities.
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PC Pro
PC Pro is one of several computer magazines published monthly in the United Kingdom by Future plc.
PC World
PC World (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
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Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.
Physical media
Physical media refers to the physical materials that are used to store or transmit information in data communications.
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Picture-in-picture
Picture-in-picture (PiP) is a feature that can be found in television receivers, personal computers, and smartphones. Blu-ray and Picture-in-picture are television terminology.
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Pioneer Corporation
, commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products.
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PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia. Blu-ray and PlayStation 3 are blu-ray Disc, computer-related introductions in 2006 and products introduced in 2006.
PlayStation 3 system software
The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3.
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PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
PlayStation VR
The PlayStation VR (PS VR, known by its code name Project Morpheus during development) is a virtual reality headset developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, which was released in October 2016.
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Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.
Price discrimination
Price discrimination is a microeconomic pricing strategy where identical or largely similar goods or services are sold at different prices by the same provider in different market segments.
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Production company
A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video. Blu-ray and production company are television terminology.
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Professional Disc
Professional Disc (PFD) is a digital recording optical disc format introduced by Sony in 2003 primarily for XDCAM, its tapeless camcorder system. Blu-ray and Professional Disc are optical computer storage media.
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Progressive scan
Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a format of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence.
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Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) involves radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.
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Pulse-code modulation
Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals.
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Random access
Random access (more precisely and more generally called direct access) is the ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time or any datum from a population of addressable elements roughly as easily and efficiently as any other, no matter how many elements may be in the set.
Rec. 2020
ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 2020 or BT.2020, defines various aspects of ultra-high-definition television (UHDTV) with standard dynamic range (SDR) and wide color gamut (WCG), including picture resolutions, frame rates with progressive scan, bit depths, color primaries, RGB and luma-chroma color representations, chroma subsamplings, and an opto-electronic transfer function.
Regional Playback Control
RPC-1 and RPC-2 are designations applied to firmware for DVD drives.
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Ritek
RITEK Corporation is a Taiwanese company that manufactures optical discs such as compact discs (CDs), DVDs, and Blu-ray, as well as storage cards such as CompactFlash cards, SD cards and MultiMediaCards, flash drives.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Samsung
Samsung Group (stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Digital City, Suwon, South Korea.
SATA
SATA (Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
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Screen Anarchy
Screen Anarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is a Canadian English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films.
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SD card
Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memory card format the SD Association (SDA) developed for use in portable devices. Blu-ray and SD card are Japanese inventions.
Second-harmonic generation
Second-harmonic generation (SHG), also known as frequency doubling, is the lowest-order wave-wave nonlinear interaction that occurs in various systems, including optical, radio, atmospheric, and magnetohydrodynamic systems.
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Self-Protecting Digital Content
Self Protecting Digital Content (SPDC), is a copy protection (digital rights management) architecture designed by Cryptography Research, Inc.
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Severin Films
Severin Films is an American independent film production and distribution company known for restoring and releasing cult films on DVD and Blu-ray.
Sharp Corporation
is a Japanese electronics company.
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Shelf (storage)
A shelf (shelves) is a flat, horizontal plane used for items that are displayed or stored in a home, business, store, or elsewhere.
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Shout! Studios
Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as its current legal name as Shout! Factory) is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
Singulus Technologies
Singulus Technologies AG is a German manufacturer of photovoltaic, semiconductor and optical disc manufacturing equipment.
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Slipcase
A slipcase is a five-sided box, usually made of high-quality cardboard, into which binders, books or book sets are slipped for protection, leaving the spine exposed.
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (rarely), founded in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE, is a global professional association of engineers, technologists, and executives working in the media and entertainment industry. Blu-ray and Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers are television terminology.
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Sony
, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sony BDP-S1
The Sony BDP-S1 is a first generation Blu-ray Disc (BD) player and is the first such player released in North America. Blu-ray and Sony BDP-S1 are Audiovisual introductions in 2006, blu-ray Disc and high-definition television.
Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, or collector's edition, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, recorded music and films, and video games, but now including clothing, cars, fine wine, and whisky, among other products.
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Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
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Stereoscopy
Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision.
Streaming media
Streaming media refers to multimedia for playback using an offline or online media player that is delivered through a network. Blu-ray and Streaming media are television terminology.
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
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Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. Blu-ray and Super Audio CD are audio storage and optical computer storage media.
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Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty and Harris, based on the DC Comics character Superman.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Taiyo Yuden
is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Kyobashi, Chuo, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988.
Tapeless production
In the field of professional broadcasting, an end-to-end workflow (from ingest to playout) is called tapeless when part, or all of it, is made without any use of audio tape recorders or videotape machines; video and audio sources being ingested, recorded, edited and played out entirely on digital video systems.
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TDK
is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation that manufactures electronic components and recording and data-storage media.
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Terrestrial television
Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna. Blu-ray and terrestrial television are television terminology.
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The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".
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The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay co-written with his brother Jonathan.
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The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his cab.
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Nikkei
The Nikkei, also known as, is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies.
The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd.
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The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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Toshiba
is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Total Hi Def
Total Hi Def Disc, also called Total HD or THD, was a planned optical disc format that included both of the rival high-definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. Blu-ray and Total Hi Def are audio storage, consumer electronics, high-definition television and video storage.
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line.
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Trondheim Soloists
Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene) are a musical chamber ensemble of string players based in Trondheim, Norway.
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Trusted client
In computing, a trusted client is a device or program controlled by the user of a service, but with restrictions designed to prevent its use in ways not authorized by the provider of the service.
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Twilight Time (home video label)
Twilight Time was a boutique home media label specializing in releasing limited edition DVD and Blu-ray discs of classic films, founded in 2011.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Ultra Density Optical
Ultra Density Optical (UDO) is an optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data. Blu-ray and Ultra Density Optical are Japanese inventions, optical computer storage media and rotating disc computer storage media.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray are blu-ray Disc, consumer electronics, high-definition television, home video, rotating disc computer storage media, television terminology and video storage.
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Ultra-high-definition television
Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Blu-ray and Ultra-high-definition television are consumer electronics and television terminology.
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Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution is a 2006 American action horror film directed by Len Wiseman from a screenplay by Danny McBride, based on a story by Wiseman and McBride.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
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Universal Disk Format
Universal Disk Format (UDF) is an open, vendor-neutral file system for computer data storage for a broad range of media.
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Universal Media Disc
The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is a discontinued optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform. Blu-ray and Universal Media Disc are audio storage, Japanese inventions and video storage.
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Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.
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Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.
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Universal Studios, Inc.
Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly as MCA Inc., also known simply as Universal) is an American media and entertainment conglomerate and is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics. Blu-ray and USB are Japanese inventions.
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USB 3.0
Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0), marketed as SuperSpeed USB, is the third major version of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard for interfacing computers and electronic devices.
VC-1
SMPTE 421, informally known as VC-1, is a video coding format. Blu-ray and vC-1 are high-definition television and Japanese inventions.
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Verbatim (brand)
Verbatim is a brand for storage media and flash memory products currently owned by CMC Magnetics Corporation (CMC), a Taiwanese company that is known for optical disc manufacturing.
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Video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Blu-ray and Video are high-definition television and television terminology.
Video CD
Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as Compact Disc Digital Video) is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard optical discs. Blu-ray and video CD are Japanese inventions and video storage.
Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
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Video rental shop
A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content.
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Vinegar Syndrome
Vinegar Syndrome is an American home video distribution company which specializes in "protecting and preserving genre films".
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Violet (color)
Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum.
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Virtual file system
A virtual file system (VFS) or virtual filesystem switch is an abstract layer on top of a more concrete file system.
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Virtual machine
In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system.
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Walmart
Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) is the home entertainment distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company.
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Warner Archive Collection
The Warner Archive Collection is a home video division for releasing classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library.
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Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Bros.
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West Asia
West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player (WMP, officially referred to as Windows Media Player Legacy to distinguish it from the new Windows Media Player introduced with Windows 11), is the first media player and media library application that Microsoft developed to play audio and video on personal computers.
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WinDVD
WinDVD (owned by Alludo, formerly Corel Corporation, which bought InterVideo in 2006) is a commercial DVD video player software for Microsoft Windows.
Wired (magazine)
Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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Woolworths (United Kingdom)
Woolworths was a British high-street retail chain.
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Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.
Xbox Series X and Series S
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are the fourth generation of consoles in the Xbox series.
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XvYCC
xvYCC or extended-gamut YCbCr is a color space that can be used in the video electronics of television sets to support a gamut 1.8 times as large as that of the sRGB color space.
XXX (2002 film)
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes.
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YCbCr
YCbCr, Y′CbCr, or Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr, also written as YCBCR or Y′CBCR, is a family of color spaces used as a part of the color image pipeline in video and digital photography systems.
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
.m2ts
.m2ts is a filename extension used for the Blu-ray disc Audio-Video (BDAV) MPEG-2 Transport Stream (M2TS) container file format.
1080i
1080i (also known as BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type. Blu-ray and 1080i are television terminology.
1080p
1080p (1920 × 1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; the p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced. Blu-ray and 1080p are television terminology.
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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2D plus Delta
2D Plus Delta (also called 2D+Delta) is a method of encoding a 3D image and is listed as a part of MPEG2 and MPEG4 standards, specifically on the H.264 implementation of the Multiview Video Coding extension.
3D film
3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of special glasses worn by viewers.
3D television
3D television (3DTV) is television that conveys depth perception to the viewer by employing techniques such as stereoscopic display, multi-view display, 2D-plus-depth, or any other form of 3D display. Blu-ray and 3D television are television terminology.
480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay). Blu-ray and 480i are television terminology.
See Blu-ray and 480i
480p
480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions. Blu-ray and 480p are television terminology.
See Blu-ray and 480p
4K resolution
4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of approximately 4,000 pixels.
50 First Dates
50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles.
See Blu-ray and 50 First Dates
576p
576p is the shorthand name for a video display resolution.
See Blu-ray and 576p
720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1). Blu-ray and 720p are television terminology.
See Blu-ray and 720p
8K resolution
8K resolution refers to an image or display resolution with a width of approximately 8,000 pixels.
See also
2006 in technology
- 2006 in computing
- Beats Electronics
- Blu-ray
- Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006
- Oil megaprojects (2006)
21st-century inventions
- Augmented reality
- Biphasic calcium sulfate
- Blockchain
- Blu-ray
- Capsule endoscopy
- Carrot knife
- Contraceptive patch
- Cronut
- DNA vaccine
- Electronic cigarette
- Graphene
- Hug tunnel
- Internet of Military Things
- Internet of Musical Things
- Internet of things
- Internet of vehicles
- Nine-Colour Cube
- Plastic magnet
- Podcast
- Thermal acoustic imaging
- Vitrimers
- WikiCell
Audiovisual introductions in 2006
- Blu-ray
- DSEE
- G-Book
- HD DVD
- IRiver Clix
- Meizu M6 miniPlayer
- Sirius Stiletto
- Sky+ HD
- Sony BDP-S1
- TrekStor Vibez
- Versatile Multilayer Disc
- ZEN V
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- Zune
- Zune 30
Blu-ray Disc
- 7.1 surround sound
- Advanced Access Content System
- Audio commentary
- BD+
- BD-J
- Blu-ray
- Blu-ray Disc Association
- Blu-ray Disc recordable
- Blu-ray ripper
- Blue laser
- Cinavia
- Comparison of high-definition optical disc formats
- DTS-HD Master Audio
- Dolby TrueHD
- Dynamic Resolution Adaptation
- Globally Executable MHP
- High Fidelity Pure Audio
- High-definition optical disc format war
- High-definition video
- List of Blu-ray player manufacturers
- List of optical disc manufacturers
- M-DISC
- Mac Blu-ray Player
- Netblender
- Optical storage media writing and reading speed
- PlayStation 3
- Presentation Graphic Stream
- ROM Mark
- SCSI Multimedia Commands
- SD Blu-ray
- Seamless branching
- Sony BDP-S1
- Ultra HD Blu-ray
- Wobble frequency
Computer-related introductions in 2006
- A9home
- Blu-ray
- Classmate PC
- Colemak
- Conroe (microprocessor)
- Definition of Free Cultural Works
- Dell Inspiron E1405
- EVO Smart Console
- ExFAT
- FRBRoo
- GeForce 8 series
- HP Compaq tc4400
- HP Pavilion dv2000 series
- HP Pavilion dv6000 series
- HP Pavilion dv9000 series
- IBM Watson
- IMac (Intel-based)
- Intel Core
- Intel Core (microarchitecture)
- Intel Core 2
- Lenovo 3000
- Mac Pro
- MacBook
- MacBook (2006–2012)
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro (Intel-based)
- Mii
- Minimig
- Office Open XML file formats
- P535
- Pentium Dual-Core
- PlayStation 3
- Power ISA
- RIKEN MDGRAPE-3
- Sony Vaio AR series
- Sony Vaio C series
- Sony Vaio SZ series
- Sony Vaio UX Micro PC
- Strategic Content Alliance
- ThinkPad T60
- ThinkPad T61
- Tianhua GX-1C
- Wii
- Yonah (microprocessor)
Home video
- AV receiver
- Archival Disc
- Betamax
- Blu-ray
- Compact disc
- DVD
- DVD Exclusive Awards
- DVD player
- DVD-Video
- Desktop video
- Digital light processing
- Direct-to-video
- Disney Vault
- Double bass array
- Download to own
- High frame rate
- Home cinema
- Home theater PC
- Home theater in a box
- Home video
- Instant Replay (video series)
- LaserDisc
- LaserDisc player
- List of animated direct-to-video series
- List of streaming media services
- Projection screen
- Simultaneous release
- Surround sound
- Television films
- Ultra HD Blu-ray
- V-Cinema
- VHS
- Video Recordings Act 1984
- Video Recordings Act 2010
- Video mixtape
- Video nasty
- Video projector
- Videotape
Optical computer storage media
- Archival Disc
- Blu-ray
- Blu-ray Disc recordable
- Blue Book (CD standard)
- Burst cutting area
- C2 error
- CD single
- CD-R
- CD-ROM
- CD-RW
- CDVU+
- Compact disc
- DVD
- DVD recordable
- DVD+R DL
- DVD+R DS
- DVD+VR
- DVD-D
- DVD-R DL
- DVD-R DS
- DVD-RAM
- DVD-VR
- DVDplus
- Double-density compact disc
- DualDisc
- Enhanced CD
- Gold compact disc
- HD DVD
- HighMAT
- List of optical disc manufacturers
- Live File System
- M-DISC
- Mini CD
- MiniDVD
- Mount Rainier (packet writing)
- Optical Disc Archive
- Optical disc
- Optical disc recording technologies
- Optical storage media writing and reading speed
- Optical tape
- Packet writing
- Professional Disc
- Sony Multimedia CD-ROM Player
- Super Audio CD
- Ultra Density Optical
- Wobble frequency
Sony hardware
- Blu-ray
- CCJ connector
- HB-F9P
- Magic Link
- Optical Disc Archive
- Silicon X-tal Reflective Display
- Sony CDP-101
- Sony CLIÉ
- Sony Digital Paper
- Sony Dream Machine
- Sony NEWS
- Sony SmartWatch
- Sony TC-50
- Sony Tablet
- Sony camcorders
- TR-55
- TransferJet
- Vaio
- Walkman
- WhiteMagic
- Zego
References
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