DVD Forum approves China’s plans for next-gen DVD format
The DVD Forum has given Chinese engineers the go-ahead to look into developing a next-generation DVD format which will compete with Blu Ray and HD-DVD standards. The China-only format will offer higher definition, better sound quality and more effective means of combatting piracy than Blu Ray and HD-DVD.
The format will be based on, though not compatible with, HD-DVD technology and is due for release in 2007. According to Lu Da of the government-backed National Disc Engineering Center, the format will offer higher definition, better sound quality and more effective means of combatting piracy than Blu Ray and HD-DVD.Meanwhile, storage giant Maxell has been busy showing off the technology which will probably eventually replace all of the “blue laser” DVD technologies (which include Blu-Ray and HD-DVD); the firm last week showed off a holographic disc capable of storing 1.6 terabytes (1,600 tigabytes), and with theoretical access times faster than any other disc technology ever created, including hard drives.
The Maxell technology, which has been developed in partnership with InPhase Technologies, is not expected to appear in any practical form until 2007, however.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
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