U.S. Firm Finalizing Patents that Solve Problems on Blu-ray Disc Production Blue Ray Technologies Now Lowers Prices on its Hi-Def Discs

U.S. high-definition DVD disc company Blue Ray Technologies announces it has solved the production problems reportedly hampering the major overseas plants to make the imminent release of HD movies on Blu-ray discs both affordable and locally-made. The company is thereby lowering its prices for studios that want their movies made with the indie firm. List of Blu-ray movie titles from all sources follows.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2006 -- U.S. high-definition DVD disc company Blue Ray Technologies announces it has solved the production problems reportedly hampering the major overseas plants to make the imminent release of HD movies on Blu-ray discs both affordable and locally-made.

In a David vs. Goliath situation, independent Blue Ray Technologies is in the final patent stages for key manufacturing processes related to the layering process of Hi-def Blu-ray movies and games that may be hampering the majors. The company is thereby lowering its prices for studios that want their movies made with the indie firm.

“We are finalizing the patents that will revolutionize the manufacturing process,” said company CEO and founder Erick Hansen. “We are hopefully going to beat the big companies in the world. That’s because they presently have such a high reject rate. It is said to be as high as 75 percent rejects while ours are lower than 20 percent.”

Hansen, a DVD manufacturing pioneer, further stated his company is getting into recordable Blu-ray discs for the time when those machines are ready for market. With a storage capacity of 50 gigabytes to 80Gb, they are expected to be a boon for computer users backing up hard drives, game-players or anyone using large files at work or home.

"From a PC end-user perspective, Blu-ray is a superior format. It offers 67-150% more storage capacity, higher transfer rates, slim-line notebook compatibility, broadband connectivity and a proven interactive layer with BD- Java(TM)," Hewlett Packard’s Maureen Weber told the media.

In addition, Hansen said Blue Ray Technologies (www.blueraygroup.com) would be an environmentally-friendly company and would not use potentially unsound practices such using as cyanide dyes as some others do, and recycling its high-grade excess plastic into cups, toys and safety products.

“We are also experimenting with paper discs inside the plastic coating and other things to bring this technology into the 21st century,” said Hansen.

Blue Ray Technologies previously announced it would be using a state-of-the-art RFID anti-piracy and anti-theft process directly on its discs. It is also the only U.S. indie plant, thus thwarting some overseas manufacturers that might make legit discs for studios by day and bootleg copies by night. “Plus we are creating jobs for Americans,” added Hansen.

Blu-ray (the generic name) has a rival format called HD-DVD. The first players from Toshiba were put on sale last week to mixed reviews. The Los Angeles Times (Apr. 20), as well as PCWorld and Cnet (Apr. 18) all had reservations about the machines. Blu-ray is expected to be an improvement, especially in capacity, and will rally behind the slogan "Beyond High Definition."

Any disc production snafus overseas (specifically in the area called “theoretical process window”) are not likely to stop the release of the 100 Blu-ray film titles expected to start sales this summer. Early disc production quotas will be fairly modest, as the Blu-ray player and a HD television are required. Yet it shouldn’t take long as HD TVs are already in many homes and a number of large retailers are taking pre-orders from customers now for the Sony Blu-ray players.

Here is a partial list of the first wave of movie titles to be released, according to the Blu-ray Disc Association:

Disney

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Hero

Dark Water

Ladder 49

The Brothers Grimm

The Great Raid

Armageddon

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Dinosaur

Everest

Paramount

Mission: Impossible 1, 2 and 3

Four Brothers

Sahara

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

The Italian Job

Tomb Raider

U2: Rattle and Hum

Sleepy Hollow

Manchurian Candidate

Sony/MGM

The Fifth Element

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Desperado

For a Few Dollars More

The Guns of Navarone

Hitch

House of Flying Daggers

A Knight's Tale

Kung Fu Hustle

The Last Waltz

Legends of the Fall

Resident Evil Apocalypse

Robocop

Sense and Sensibility

Stealth

SWAT

XXX

Black Hawk Down

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Fox

Ice Age

Fantastic Four

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Behind Enemy Lines

Kiss of the Dragon

Warner Bros.

Batman Begins

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Constantine

The Dukes of Hazzard

The Last Samurai

Lethal Weapon

The Matrix

Million Dollar Baby

Oceans 12

Swordfish

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Training Day

Troy

Twister

Unforgiven

Lionsgate

Lord of War

The Punisher

Saw

T2: Judgment Day

Reservoir Dogs

Total Recall

Dune

Rambo: First Blood

See No Evil

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