The
AOD ROM format (Advanced Optical Disc Read Only Memory) got approved by the DVD
forum steering committee during the meeting held last week. As we have reported earlier there
is a new format war approaching between the two blue laser formats AOD and
Blu-ray Disc. The approval is a step forward for the AOD format in the contest
of being the next major optical storage format.
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An HD DVD format proposed by
Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. as the next-generation DVD format was finally
approved by the DVD Forum's steering committee during recent meetings in
New
York.
The proposal includes
both read-only and rewritable formats, but only the ROM format in its 0.9
version was approved by the committee during meetings last week by a vote
of 8-6.
The HD DVD format is a
violet laser-based optical disk system with a capacity of 15-20 Gbyte per
side using the same disk structure as current DVD
disks.
You'll find the rest of the story
here.
However with all the large electronic giants like Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer
and Sony in the Blu-ray camp the question is if AOD really has a chance of being
successful?
Source: EE Times
