Sun has released moves the JavaFX to open source and releases the source code for the OpenJavaFX compiler.
The compiler enables JavaFX Script code to be compiled into Java code.
Un updated plugin for developing JavaFX applications inside JavaBeans IDE is available too.
Read the full news at JavaWorld
Visit the OpenJFX compiler project where you can also download the NetBeans plugin
Samsung will release anew series of Duo HD Blu-ray/HD DVD combo players in September.
The specs are now available. The players will offer full BD-J support.
Nero for Linux 3, released some week ago from the Nero company, is able to write Blu-Ray Discs.
The Linux version of this popular burning software exists since 2005, and is now comparable to the windows version in terms of funcionalities and features.
The version 3 offers support for Blu-Ray, HD-DVD and 64bit hw platforms.
Nero Linux 3 as RPM or DEB package is on sale for 20 EUR. Trial version is available for free download.
Sony released a new firmware for the BDP-S1 Blu-Ray Player.
Firmware v2.0 adds suport to Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, additional BD-Java features and more stability.
Blu-Ray or HD DVD?
The format war continues…
I suggest an interesting article by Jason Unger published in CEPro website. Just to stay informed.
Sony drops the price of the new Blu-Ray player by 100$. The official price announced at Febrary was $599, but now the real price is lowered to $499.
BDP-S300 is half the price of the Sony’s first Blu-ray player (BDP-S1, $999, today about $799).
This is indeed the result of the increased competition in the “war of formats”: recently Toshiba cut the prices of some HD-DVD player models down to $299.
epanorama.net has some useful guides to technologies.
I suggest the reading of the pages dedicated to Digital Video. It is a good collection of links where you can find generic informations abount the digital television formats, HD formats, digital video compression, digital audio and various tech articles and links to tech papers.
It has already been revealed that Blade Runner will be released on Blu-ray later this year in its definitive form, so we expect these other titles to make their way into blue cases soon as well. The re-mastering process will better preserve the original film image in digital form, though the Blu-ray releases will still be distributed in 1080p form.
Joanna has just finished re-shooting her scenes from the original BLADE RUNNER movie. Joanna is wearing her original outfit (which she kept over from the first production). These new scenes will be part of the upcoming special BLADE RUNNER re-release.
DVB-MHP/Java TV™ Data Transport Mechanisms
is a technical article by John Jones (Senior Java Architect at Sun).
This paper covers the embedded Java™ technology APIs related to the entire end-to-end broadcast chain: object carousel, the set-top-box environment, AWT GUI development, sending and handling data-updates return channel usage, connection, and back-end servers.
Interactive TV Web is a good source of informations and tutorial about interactive-TV applications.
MHC, OCAP and Java-TV technologies are covered.
There is a really good introduction to Xlets, that describes the Xlet interface, xlet lifecycle and the Xlet Contexts. It is well written and shows nice and easy to understand diagrams too.
Read the introduction to Xlet here
Another interesting article follows this introduction, a tutorial on writing your first Xlet, really useful with code examples and comments.
Xlet.net a collection of links about Java Xlet technology and Java-TV, expecially in relation to Blu-Ray Disc Java (BD-Java or BD-J) technologies.
