Next month a government-backed trade group in Taiwan will launch the world's third High-Definition DVD (HD-DVD) format. This blue-light HD-DVD will increase disc capacity to an amazing size of 15-17GB compared to the current industry standard of 4.7GB:
The blue-light HD-DVD by the Advanced Optical Storage Research Consortium, if recognized by international standards body DVD Forum, will help Taiwan lessen dependence on foreign disc technology, said Derray Huang, deputy general director of the Opto-electronics and Systems Laboratories (OES) at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). |
This time, the blue-light HD-DVD will scale up disc capacity to 15-17GB from the current industry standard of 4.7GB and its optical drive will boast a capacity of 18-27GB. Huang said initially the format will be applied to home HD-DVD players and HD-DVD ROMs for computers.
The two other current formats for HD-DVD were introduced by Toshiba and NEC in August, and nine optical storage companies from Japan, South Korea and Europe in September.
I wonder when and if we're also going to see these new technologies here in Europe and in the US. If so it will probably take a while before we can benefit from the HD-DVD format. Want to discuss DVD related subjects? Then why don't you check out our General DVD Forum?
Source: DigiTimes
