http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
Fixed.]]>Nov 5th 2008 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Come on, this obviously is not going to go anywhere. People in the movie industry are already saying BR will be dead in a few years. Do you honestly think making BR players "backwards compatible" with CDs is going to change anything?]]>Nov 5th 2008 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
"It takes advantage of (you guessed it) Sony's Blu-ray Disc technology to press new high-quality discs while somehow maintaining compatibility with regular ol' red-laser CD players."

Eventually the disc will only be able to be played on Blu-ray because Sony decided that nobody really wants to play them on old regular CD players.]]>Nov 5th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
sony wants to cash in on the colour Blue as much as they can before blu ray becomes even more marginalized in the marketplace.]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Instead of a traditional infra-red laser, a blue laser is used for recording the pits on the CD master that is needed for disc replication.
The blue laser creates more precise pits, causing less distortion in the optical read-out process and supposedly resulting in higher-quality audio...... However, and despite marketing claims, there is absolutely no published proof or evidence that this technology actually leads to any improvement in the final audio reproduced, since CIRC, the built-in redundancy and error correction system that is part of the CD standard, already takes care of occasional misread bits.
One of the fine ways to empty the customers wallets and buy that same music title for the 6th or more time! AVOID! This we don't need.]]>Jan 6th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
GoCarnivore said: Hmm, this has the potential to be huge... I think.

YEAH a HUGE repetition of the Betamax fiaso. I do appreciate your carnivorous optimism none the less.]]>Nov 5th 2008 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
hay hay dude, you cant say damn the US anymore, not in this time at least arrogant U.S patriotism is back... for a few weeks at least.]]>Nov 5th 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
In January 2007, 100 yen equaled 80 cents.

Damn the American Dollar!!!]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/ checked (30 seconds ago) 100 Yen = 1.002 USD...

Please check your facts before making a fool of yourself again :)]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
I know it changes every day, but you can't deny that the US dollar really sucks right now.

But that is not the topic. The topic is BullShit CD.]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
*actually FTL]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
No doubt it would have the same fate as the MD-HD]]>Nov 5th 2008 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
*Actually, FTL

(good job, Gallagher) ]]>Nov 5th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/I like blue.....]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
Oh yeah, screw Sony. I'm not re-buying my CDs just because they come up with some bs to justify the new re-releases. SACD was a failure, and this Blu-spec CD will follow in the same steps.]]>Nov 5th 2008 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
wow, thanks Sony...]]>Nov 5th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
http://www.worldgonemobile.com]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 6th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
Sony should really just work on a newer higher fidelity digital download format instead. Like, SACD quality but easily downloadable to be played back on a variety of portable players, high end home audio equipment (like, future SACD decks could have a USB port for portable hard drives/flash drives that contain these downloads), a software player, PS3, whatever. Would be a heck of a lot more successful than yet another attempt at a disc format. Nobody wants to go and buy discs, let alone at $25 each lol.]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/
Heck, most sound systems dont do proper justice to CDs, let alone a new high def CD.]]>Nov 5th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/05/sony-turns-cds-blue-with-new-blu-spec-cd-standard/Nov 5th 2008 3:28AM