During the IFA
press conference of the DVD+RW alliance we noticed that currently Toshiba and
Panasonic are also listed as producers of DVD+RW drives. The two companies were
both supporters of the DVD-RW format, and Panasonic is best known for promoting
their DVD-RAM standard. Both companies have not joined the DVD+RW alliance, the
group that is promoting the DVD+RW standard, but have bought the licenses to
manufacture DVD+RW drives.
Rumors were even that Toshiba is currently
producting DVD+RW drives for several large OEM customers. A spokesman of the
RWPPI did not deny the news but said that he believed it would not hurt the
position of the DVD-RW format. He also believed that "the fight between the
formats would be ongoing for quite some time".
Currently all
major manufactures of optical drives have bought a license for the DVD+RW
format, currently dual format (DVD+RW/DVD-RW) DVD recorders are accounting
for the largest amount of companies supporting it.
Source: CD Freaks.com
