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• Scientists at UCLA use lightscribe to develop a new class of supercapacitor; using a graphene coated DVD and lightscribe technology scientist research new power source. http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-supercapacitor/21925/  U-Reach's controllers offer lightscribe burning capabilities.  You just choose a picture and the lightscribe burns the image onto the disc.  It is good to know that even scientists are putting lightscribe technology to good use. Here is a second article on the subject.

• War Horse and Chinatown are among the top blu-ray sales this week.  We Bought a Zoo to come out this week also.  http://www.nasdaq.com/article/war-horse-chinatown-among-top-blu-ray-releases-this-week-20120404-00835

• Nintendo 3DS is outselling Sony Vita in Japan.http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/05/3ds-sales/  Remember we blogged about the Sony Vita back in March

• Researchers at Drexel University claim that sensitive user data, such as credit card information, on old Xbox hard drives can be recovered  http://www.techspot.com/news/48029-xbox-360-hard-drive-retains-credit-card-information-after-factory-reset.html

• USB aquarium with music and light. http://www.zdnet.com/photos/geeky-things-to-stick-in-your-usb-port/6355635

Blu-Ray Sales Reached 115 Million Last Year

Blu-Ray Sales

Sales of Blu-ray Disc movies in the last four months of 2011 skyrocketed, eclipsing what had been a sluggish year for the high-definition packaged media format, an analyst said.  According to HomeMediaMagazine.com, Blu-ray Disc sales in the United States reached 115 million units in 2011, compared with 85 million units in 2010.  Consumers pay up to 50% more in price compared with DVD on the top 10 releases in the United States.  As more and more Blu-ray Discs players moving into households after this holiday sales, that premium might not be that much of a resistance to Blu-ray Disc adoption; it will be interesting to see how soon Blu-ray Discs will move past DVD discs.  And for those of us who build disc duplicators, we will certainly be watching these market development.


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