Toshiba exhibits slim HD DVD reader for notebooks at CeBIT


Toshiba, one of the main companies
behind the HD DVD format, will display both a stand-alone HD DVD player and a
slim-type HD DVD-ROM for notebooks at the CeBIT event which starts today. An
interesting note is that the slim-type drive is developed by Toshiba Samsung
Storage Technology (TSST) and Samsung actually displayed a Blu-ray PC drive at the CES show in
January
.


 


HD DVD
Player


Superb high definition
images, excellent sound, and full backward compatibility


 


 


HD DVD is the
next-generation optical-disc standard that will bring high-definition
recorded content into the home. Developed and supported by the DVD Forum,
the industry alliance of over 230 companies from the CE, IT and content
provision sectors, HD DVD's innovations include higher resolution video
and audio, a suite of disc capacities for longer and shorter programs,
advanced navigation, web connectivity and interactivity, plus the robust
content protection technology that is a must for content providers. A
single, dual-layer HD DVD-ROM disc offers 30 gigabytes of capacity, space
enough for much as eight hours of high-definition movie content. And as HD
DVD is based on the same physical disc structure as standard DVD, disc and
hardware production are cost efficient, and it is easy to achieve backward
compatibility with today's DVD.


 


Detailed information,
including press releases and digital images of HD DVD products, are
available online at the official site of the HD DVD Promotion Group: http://www.hddvdprg.com


 


HD DVD Slim
Drive for PCs (Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology
Corporation)


The brilliance of HD DVD
in a slim profile PC drive


 


 


Toshiba delivers HD DVD
on the go with a multi-format slim line HD DVD drive that can read HD DVD,
standard DVD and CD and write to certain DVD and CD. Developed by Toshiba
Samsung Storage Technology Corporation, an optical-drive joint venture
between Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., the drive will
bring next generation high definition DVD to notebook PCs, while assuring
the backward compatibility essential for users to continue to use
libraries of application software on DVD and
CD.


 


Toshiba's complete press release
is available here and if you want to read more about the HD DVD and
Blu-ray Disc formats do not miss our Blu-ray vs. HD DVD article here.

Source: Toshiba

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