Sunday, November 10, 2002
Battle Brewing Over Successor to DVD
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 12:04 PM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106796,tk,dn110802X,00.asp
Augh! :evil: These guys never learn. Weren't the lessons from the DVD-R and DVD+R debacle obvious? If you CONFUSE consumers, they WON'T BUY your product. Bam - it's that simple. Consumers want to burn a DVD - they don't want to try and understand why -R is better/worse than +R. This article concerns the two next-generation standards for DVD - the boost in capacity will be awesome, but neither one will take off unless there's a standard. And I don't even want to think about what standards will be warring when it comes to burning these next-gen DVDs. :roll:
"The AOD is based on a 405-nanometer-wavelength blue laser and can store up to 20GB of data on one side of a disc of the same size as a conventional DVD disc. AOD drives are expected to be commercially produced next year, according to Mitsumasa Fukumoto, an NEC spokesperson.
Blu-Ray, which also uses a 405-nanometer blue laser, can store up to 27GB of data on one side or 50GB on two sides, and is expected to be commercialized soon but no targeted launching date is set, Sony's Tsuyoshi Sakaguchi said. High-capacity DVD drives are expected to be in demand in Japan once high-definition broadcasting begins next year. The 20GB capacity is large enough to record about two hours of high-definition video.
The industry is concerned about a battle between the AOD and Blu-Ray standards in future, according to Irie."
Augh! :evil: These guys never learn. Weren't the lessons from the DVD-R and DVD+R debacle obvious? If you CONFUSE consumers, they WON'T BUY your product. Bam - it's that simple. Consumers want to burn a DVD - they don't want to try and understand why -R is better/worse than +R. This article concerns the two next-generation standards for DVD - the boost in capacity will be awesome, but neither one will take off unless there's a standard. And I don't even want to think about what standards will be warring when it comes to burning these next-gen DVDs. :roll:
"The AOD is based on a 405-nanometer-wavelength blue laser and can store up to 20GB of data on one side of a disc of the same size as a conventional DVD disc. AOD drives are expected to be commercially produced next year, according to Mitsumasa Fukumoto, an NEC spokesperson.
Blu-Ray, which also uses a 405-nanometer blue laser, can store up to 27GB of data on one side or 50GB on two sides, and is expected to be commercialized soon but no targeted launching date is set, Sony's Tsuyoshi Sakaguchi said. High-capacity DVD drives are expected to be in demand in Japan once high-definition broadcasting begins next year. The 20GB capacity is large enough to record about two hours of high-definition video.
The industry is concerned about a battle between the AOD and Blu-Ray standards in future, according to Irie."
