Sony is making tons of new TV’s for the moment, last month they came out the Bravia W4000 series. Now they are back again with a brand new series which is known as the V4000 series. Some of them features full HD resolution and is equipped with Bravia Engine 2 and 24p true cinema. The dynamical contrast is on 33000:1, and the TV’s has three HDMI plugins. Like on other TV’s from Sony you get a remote control which can control your TV and your Stereo. The TV’s are available in three different sizes, 40, 46 and 52 inches. The prices will be on 3000, 4000 and 5000 USD. The salte will start in July.

(Source Sony)

The second line of defence to prevent the Blu-ray disc to be copied was raped: SlySoft, a software company based in Antigua, West Indies, said last week that its HD AnyDVD 6.4.0.0 Copy program can now ” make back-up copies of safety Blu-ray BD + protected. ”

The first line of defence for Blu-ray, Advance Access Content System (AACS) System copy protection, was rejected in late 2006. Efforts to keep the 32-bit processing AACS key grounded off the Internet dramatically in 2007, when opponents of regimes copy protection has posted significant number in a variety of forms on Digg and other Web sites .

The technology behind BD + was developed by Cryptography Research and sold to Macrovision in November 2007. BD + is supposed to serve as a second layer of protection to prevent Blu-ray content to be copied. In July 8, 2007 issue of Home Media magazine, Richard Doherty, a media analyst for the Envisioneering Group, said BD +, unlike AACS, are unlikely to be breached for 10 years.

SlySoft, in a press release on March 19, repetition and the prediction of Doherty noted that it had managed to circumvent BD +, only eight months after his statement.

“We are rather proud of having brought down to earth and highly praised as” unbreakable “BD +,” said Peer van Heuen, head of the high-definition technologies to SlySoft, last week. “However, we must also recognize that the Blu-ray titles released so far have not yet fully exploited the possibilities of BD +. Upcoming versions will undoubtedly have a more polished and protection BD +, but we well prepared for this, and await the coming developments rather relaxed. ”
BD + is designed to respond to attempts to circumvent this, it is likely that Macrovision will be able to take steps to re-lock compromised Blu-ray titles. Indeed, Macrovision offers such action is yet to come.

“Macrovision does not comment on the procedures and specific techniques that can have a direct impact on security technology BD +,” said Eric Rodli, executive vice president and general manager of Macrovision entertainment, in a letter sent by post. “BD + is a security response system designed to respond to security attacks, not prevent them entirely. Under this system, the updated BD + security code is continuously developed so that customers get BD + current utility of the use of this technology.

As i predicted the format war is finally over and HD DVD is dead! Toshiba drops their HD DVD department. This is not suprising becuase Blu-ray was simply a lot better and especially when Warner Brothers joined the Blu-ray train. Toshiba will stop producing their HD-DVD equipment in March and are now selling their last stuff for a cheap dollar. Once Toshiba is out from HD DVD it means Blu-ray is the winner of the long going format war. There are however not many people who owns a Blu-ray player yet because the prices are very stiff and the PS3 did not sell well the first year of its release.