Optical disc makers lean towards HD DVD not Blu-ray.

Optical disc makers lean towards HD DVD not Blu-ray 10:51AM

Leading manufacturers of optical discs in Taiwan are leaning ever so
slightly toward support of HD DVD, as opposed to Blu-ray Disc, as the
standard for next-generation DVD format, as the Taiwan-based makers
will incur much lower costs if they adopt their production equipment
to the HD DVD platform, according to local industry experts.

However, Taiwan-based makers will produce discs based on Blu-ray if
that standard is adopted.

The Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA), a video retail trade
association in the US, called for a compromise between the two
blue-laser groups to adopt a single standard at its 2005 Home
Entertainment meeting last week.

CMC Magnetics and Ritek plan to start production of blue-laser DVD
discs as early as the end of this year, while Lite-On IT and BenQ plan
to offer blue-laser disc drives at the end of 2005 or the first
quarter of 2006, according to the companies.


http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/75826/op...ot-bluray.html






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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
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Allan

This Blu-ray is not impressive to me. I want something that has a
larger capacity of my corporate tape drive. THEN i would be impressed.


Allan wrote:
> Optical disc makers lean towards HD DVD not Blu-ray 10:51AM
>
> Leading manufacturers of optical discs in Taiwan are leaning ever so
> slightly toward support of HD DVD, as opposed to Blu-ray Disc, as the
> standard for next-generation DVD format, as the Taiwan-based makers
> will incur much lower costs if they adopt their production equipment
> to the HD DVD platform, according to local industry experts.
>
> However, Taiwan-based makers will produce discs based on Blu-ray if
> that standard is adopted.
>
> The Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA), a video retail trade
> association in the US, called for a compromise between the two
> blue-laser groups to adopt a single standard at its 2005 Home
> Entertainment meeting last week.
>
> CMC Magnetics and Ritek plan to start production of blue-laser DVD
> discs as early as the end of this year, while Lite-On IT and BenQ plan
> to offer blue-laser disc drives at the end of 2005 or the first
> quarter of 2006, according to the companies.
>
>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/75826/op...ot-bluray.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

Mike