It is kind of hard to swallow a fairy tale such as ?Sony and Toshiba to unify HD-DVD and Blu-ray? when a company like Panasonic, one of Blu-ray?s major supporters, chooses to ignore it.

Panasonic announced today that it will start operating a pilot production line in collaboration with Origin Electric, for Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM) replication. They will start with the single layer in mid to late May, and wait for December to manufacture the double layers.

The Blu-ray company expects this will stimulate the ?development of a local end-to-end BD-ROM technology for Hollywood studios, replicators, and production houses.? Basically this means that Blu-ray will be able to start mass producing movie titles, which the public has yet to see a list of. The BD-ROMs will also feature a 128-bit AES encryption to prevent content piracy.

R.Hollis

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