It appears, according to two reports issued by undisclosed sources, and that's weird, that the Blu-ray Aliance encounters several troubles while developing Blu-ray compliant devices.

More precisely, there are two reports. One presented by Taipei Times, which says that the Blu-ray backers will launch their players next year in January, and the other one, made public by Commercial Times, which speaks about a laser diode shortage that will determine a serious delay of the Blu-ray disc burners' launches.

The first report indicates that the Blu-ray Aliance will not be present at an important consumer fair held in Berlin this month, and the products will be showcased in January during the next Consumer Electronics Show organized Las Vegas.

On the other hand, the second report shows that most of the Optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers are already delaying the launch of their announced Blu-ray products due to a laser diode shortage.

The crisis was determined by the small number of suppliers - only two - Sony and Nichia, and by the PlayStation 3 which is due for launch in November and the mass production necessitates most of the manufacturer's laser diode.

At this moment, Sony is the main supplier of laser diodes for Royal Philips Electronics, BenQ and Lite-on IT.

These reports don't come as a surprise, as Sony announced last week that it has again delayed its player (BDP-S1) for October 25, one month before the PS 3 launch.

The first rumors regarding Sony's Blu-ray player have been spread earlier this month, when it was said that both Sony and Pioneer have delayed the release dates for their upcoming Blu-Ray players. And the rumors turned out to be facts.

But don't you bother, because, even if the devices aren't ready, the hackers already managed to tear down the copyright shield of both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies and they are now enjoying some quality time watching hacked films on the latest notebooks rolled out by Toshiba and Sony.