DVD Forum approved the specifications for 16x DVD-RAM and 8x DVD-R DL. The specifications for HD DVD-R DL were also approved at the meeting but the logo for the format was rejected.



List of voting subjects:

No. Voting
Subject		 Result
1 Approval
of “Version-Up Information for Part 3 :DVD Video Recording
specifications (Version up from ver.1.1 to 1.2) “		 Approved
2 Approval
of “Disclosure of the information on HD DVD-ROM and 3x-DVD-ROM
File System to OSTA”		 Approved
3 Approval
of “Optional Specifications 6X/8X/12X/16X-SPEED DVD-RAM rev.
3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0″		 Approved
4 Approval
of “Optional Specifications 6X/8X-SPEED DVD-R for DL rev.
2.0/3.0″		 Approved
5 Approval
of “HD DVD-R for DL Part 1 ver.1.9″		 Approved
6 Approval
of “Optional Specifications 1X-SPEED HD DVD-R for DL Part
1 rev. 0.9″		 Approved
7 Approval
of “Start Specifications development for HD DVD-Re-recordable
as a new book type”
Note: Naming of HD DVD-Re-recordable is provisional.		 Approved
8 Provisional
approval of the use of DVD-Video protected with CPRM on DVD
recordable media
-Provisional approval subject to further study of compatibility
and other identified issues by the TCG and appropriate Working
Groups.
-Business issues to be presented by MPAA and 4C
-TCG is instructed to continue this work and report progress
at the next Steering Committee meeting in November		 Approved
9 Approval
of “Corresponding to the proposal from China for China only
format of HD DVD, the Steering Committee (1) instructs the
TCG to create an ad hoc to study about technical feasibility
of the China proposal and (2) creates a Subcommittee under
the Steering Committee to study and find a way to collaborate
with China for next generation of DVD.”		 Approved
10 Approval
of “HD DVD-Video Product Guideline” with confirmation of the
requirements specified in section 3.2.2 1) and 3.3.2 1) of
said guideline that the HD DVD-Video Player shall play HD
DVD-ROM discs and 3x-speed DVD-ROM discs containing video
content specified in HD DVD-Video book.		 Approved
11

Approval
of
“-The WG-1 shall study application security for HD DVD-Video
players
-A sub committee under the SC shall be formed to study business
relationships for application security with a certificate
authority to augment WG-1 findings”

Approved
12 Approval
of “Memory-Tech Corporation as an Class-A Verification Laboratory
and a VPC member”		 Approved
13 Approval
of “HD DVD-R for DL Logo/Mark”		 Not
Approved
14 Approval
of “Rules and procedures for the election of the Steering
Committee Members/Chair-Company, Vice-Chair Companies”		 Approved

DVD Forum: 31st Steering Committee Meeting (September 14, 2005)

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