Sanyo has announced the development of a new a Blue Laser Diode, twice as fast and about the same size as Sharp's Blue-Violet, to offer multi-layer recording on Blu-rays disc up to 100GB in 10 minutes ...

Things are looking dicey for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, because a key component has suddenly become scarce: blue laser diode yield rates are only 30% according to Nichia, a company responsible for 80% ...

The project aims to produce a homemade Blu-Ray laser similar to the first time Blu-Ray laser from a PlayStation 3 that has been installed in a Star Trek Phaser. The design of the project includes a ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ec3db1/sony_blue_ray_lase) has announced the addition of the "Sony Blue Ray ...

So we know that over 1 million Blu-ray disks have been sold, but how many HD DVDs have been sold? Turns out they're not far behind. According to the official numbers there have been 998,059 HD DVDs ...

Suited for small slim drives used in notebook computers as well as for half-height drives in desktop PCs and consumer DVD recorders, the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC is offered as the smallest of its ...

Companies like Wicked Lasers will sell you a Blu-ray diode laser. But this DIY keychain looks flat-out deadly in this photo, like a mini one-shot pistol of the future ...

A team from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), working to enhance the established ability of ultraviolet light to disinfect surfaces as part of efforts to combat Covid-19, has turned to one ...

For those of us whose introduction to PCB making came decades ago and who share fond memories of permanent markers and crêpe paper sticky tape, the array of techniques available to PCB artists of ...

That faint grinding noise you might hear emanating from the west is the sound of Sony executives gritting their teeth. Blu-ray laser diodes, the global shortage of which has forced Sony to drastically ...