An industry group has approved a standard for the next generation of DVD players, but the move could be just the first skirmish in a future format war. The Tokyo-based DVD Forum has given its nod to a design for “blue laser” DVD players proposed by Toshiba and NEC. Blue-laser players use DVDs that store five times the data of current DVD discs. That allows them to store up to three hours of high-definition video, which will be important as more HD TVs begin appearing in homes in the next five years.
No mention of UV/Blue Atomic Holographic Storage Nanotechnology. 1 Atomic Disk = 4,000 EVD, Blu-Ray Disks
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Next Gen DVD Standard Fuels Format War
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 2, 2003 08:02 AMAn industry group has approved a standard for the next generation of DVD players, but the move could be just the first skirmish in a future format war. The Tokyo-based DVD Forum has given its nod to a design for “blue laser” DVD players proposed by Toshiba and NEC. Blue-laser players use DVDs that store five times the data of current DVD discs. That allows them to store up to three hours of high-definition video, which will be important as more HD TVs begin appearing in homes in the next five years.
1 Atomic Disk = 4,000 EVD, Blu-Ray Disks