October 02, 2005 10:01 PM US Eastern Timezone
''HD DVD is REAL!''
-- The HD DVD Promotion Group Brings HD DVD to CEATEC JAPAN
2005
TOKYO--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2005--For visitors to CEATEC JAPAN 2005, Japan's premier festival
of high-technology, the HD DVD Promotion Group booth (2A12) will be a
not-to-be-missed opportunity to find out that "HD DVD is REAL!" and to see
prototypes of the hardware and software that are all set to bring HD DVD out of
the future and into our lives.
Exhibits on display will demonstrate the new levels of performance that HD
DVD is all set to deliver to entertainment and computing. Home theater lovers
can look forward to seeing HD DVD players running content from some of Japan's
content providers, including Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.,
Pony Canyon Inc. and Shochiku Co. Ltd. On the computing side, there will be
displays of HD DVD drives and demonstrations of PCs integrating drives and
dedicated software for optimized playback of HD DVD in PCs. The wide range of HD
DVD disc formats will also be on exhibit.
Separately and together, the displays will underline the continued advances
in all aspects of HD DVD technology, and demonstrate why "HD DVD is REAL!" and
poised to be the format of choice to succeed current DVD.
CEATEC JAPAN 2005 will run from October 4 to 8 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba
Prefecture.
About HD DVD Promotion Group
Established on December 22, 2004, the HD DVD Promotion Group is a voluntary
organization dedicated to promoting development and assuring the early impact
and long-term success of products and content based on the new HD DVD formats.
Membership in the Group is open to any company or organization that is engaged,
or will engage, in the development and/or manufacture of any HD DVD content or
hardware products. As of September 30, the Group has 114 member companies.
For more information on the HD DVD Promotion Group please visit: http://www.hddvdprg.com/.
Features of HD DVD
HD DVD is standardized by the DVD Forum, the international association of
some 240 companies, and its physical, file and application formats have been all
approved by the Forum.
In addition to a versatility that assures support for many applications,
including players, recorders, PCs and automotive devices, HD DVD's main features
are:
1) The same disc structure as DVD, two 0.6mm-thick polycarbonate discs bonded
back-to-back, makes it much easier for HD DVD to achieve backward compatibility
with DVD. It also assures easier manufacturing of discs and hardware devices,
resulting in lower manufacturing costs.
2) Robust playability, with no need for a disc cartridge to protect against
surface blemishes and fingerprints.
3) The ability to meet all capacity demands. The DVD Forum has approved HD
DVD-ROM discs with a data capacity of 30GB, and higher capacities are on the
way. High data capacity is achieved by adopting a shorter wavelength blue-violet
laser and advanced data processing technologies, assuring the ability to store
large capacity data sources including high-definition images.
4) Adoption of iHD technology to deliver enhanced user interactivity on PCs
and assures optimization for both AV and PC applications.
Source: Business Wire
