Disc Makers Bet on Blue Lasers

[paulw]

FYI.

CHIBA, JAPAN--Many of the companies behind the Blu-ray Disc optical video disc format unveiled prototype players here Tuesday, the first day of the Ceatec 2002 exhibition. Toshiba, meanwhile, gave the first public demonstration of its competing format.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105534,tk,dn100102X,00.asp

Mmmmmmm 20 Gb disk... But 2 standards. Doh! Here we go again!

[Dr Mordrid]

Which is why many makers are coming out with MPEG-4 capable 650nm DVD chipsets for this falls players. This will allow HD and long play content on the current disks while the blue laser standards fight works itself out.

Dr. Mordrid