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The Industry just got a huge boost from Microsoft!!!!
TOKYO — The Toshiba-backed HD DVD technology got a huge boost Tuesday (Sept. 26) when Intel and Microsoft announced they are backing the next-generation DVD technology over Sony's Blu-ray disk technology.
The HD DVD promotion group, which also includes NEC Corp., Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. and Memory-Tech Corp., said the support of two of the biggest names in the computer industry would speed the commercialization of HD DVD.
They also hope the endorsement might lead to some kind of compromise between the two groups, that are promoting the rival but incompatible standards.
Microsoft said default settings in its next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Vista, would support the HD DVD format, but not Blu-ray. Microsoft had previously said it would support both technologies in its next version of Windows, due for release next year. Intel said its new Viiv chip, designed for consumer entertainment PC and devices, would also be optimized for HD DVD.
In a statement welcoming the backing of Intel and Microsoft, Hisashi Yamada, chief fellow of Toshiba's Digital Media Network Co. and chairman of the Technical Coordination Group at the DVD Forum, said: "The announcement from these two leading IT companies reconfirms the design advantages of HD DVD format and its achievement of maximum compatibility between AV and PC products. In fact, it is increasingly clear that HD DVD offers the best way forward in the convergence of the AV and PC worlds."
The two new members of the promotion group said Toshiba's HD DVD format offers higher quality, is more affordable and, importantly, is more suitable for PCs.
Toshiba plans to ship HD DVD players in December, while Sony has said it would include Blu-ray technology in its PlayStation3, which is due for release in 2006. That may have swung Microsoft’s support, whose Xbox 360 will be battling with Sony’s PS3 in the games console market.
Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have decided to support the HD DVD format, joining the Promotion Group, which will provide strong support for the format from the PC arena.
Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft entered into a comprehensive alliance on digital consumer and PC business in June this year, which implied the possible collaboration in the HD DVD format, which Toshiba is playing the core role in the promotion. But competing Blu-ray Disc group has already garnered support from IT companies such as Hewrett Packard, Dell Computers and Apple Computers.
Microsoft and Intel said they did wanted to avoid a format war that confuse consumers. "We hope our announcement will dampen the movement for multiple formats and will lead to one, single format," a spokesman of Intel Japan said.
Copy management system, large capacity, hybrid disks, an easy transition for disk production, slim drives for notebook PCs and iHD interactive technology were all sited by the companies as reason for backing the HD DVD format.
Blu-ray backers often stress large capacity approaching 50 Gbytes using a two-layer disk. Matsushita and Sony also claimed to have developed two-layer ROM disk production lines.
However, Microsoft and Intel apparently expect the HD DVD's 30 Gbytes capacity to be expanded. Following the 30-Gbyte ROM format, the DVD Forum approved the two-layered 30-Gbyte R (write once) format earlier this month.
The iHD technology proposed by Microsoft and Disney was previously adopted as a specification for the HD DVD format to promote interactivity. It can be coded with XML commands, while the competing BD format is developing corresponding technology based on Java.
As if timed to coincide with the HD DVD announcement, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. announced the development of a slim HD DVD drive measuring 12.7-mm high for notebook PCs. The slim drive will sample by the end of the year.
The Industry just got a huge boost from Microsoft!!!!
TOKYO — The Toshiba-backed HD DVD technology got a huge boost Tuesday (Sept. 26) when Intel and Microsoft announced they are backing the next-generation DVD technology over Sony's Blu-ray disk technology.
The HD DVD promotion group, which also includes NEC Corp., Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. and Memory-Tech Corp., said the support of two of the biggest names in the computer industry would speed the commercialization of HD DVD.
They also hope the endorsement might lead to some kind of compromise between the two groups, that are promoting the rival but incompatible standards.
Microsoft said default settings in its next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Vista, would support the HD DVD format, but not Blu-ray. Microsoft had previously said it would support both technologies in its next version of Windows, due for release next year. Intel said its new Viiv chip, designed for consumer entertainment PC and devices, would also be optimized for HD DVD.
In a statement welcoming the backing of Intel and Microsoft, Hisashi Yamada, chief fellow of Toshiba's Digital Media Network Co. and chairman of the Technical Coordination Group at the DVD Forum, said: "The announcement from these two leading IT companies reconfirms the design advantages of HD DVD format and its achievement of maximum compatibility between AV and PC products. In fact, it is increasingly clear that HD DVD offers the best way forward in the convergence of the AV and PC worlds."
The two new members of the promotion group said Toshiba's HD DVD format offers higher quality, is more affordable and, importantly, is more suitable for PCs.
Toshiba plans to ship HD DVD players in December, while Sony has said it would include Blu-ray technology in its PlayStation3, which is due for release in 2006. That may have swung Microsoft’s support, whose Xbox 360 will be battling with Sony’s PS3 in the games console market.
Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have decided to support the HD DVD format, joining the Promotion Group, which will provide strong support for the format from the PC arena.
Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft entered into a comprehensive alliance on digital consumer and PC business in June this year, which implied the possible collaboration in the HD DVD format, which Toshiba is playing the core role in the promotion. But competing Blu-ray Disc group has already garnered support from IT companies such as Hewrett Packard, Dell Computers and Apple Computers.
Microsoft and Intel said they did wanted to avoid a format war that confuse consumers. "We hope our announcement will dampen the movement for multiple formats and will lead to one, single format," a spokesman of Intel Japan said.
Copy management system, large capacity, hybrid disks, an easy transition for disk production, slim drives for notebook PCs and iHD interactive technology were all sited by the companies as reason for backing the HD DVD format.
Blu-ray backers often stress large capacity approaching 50 Gbytes using a two-layer disk. Matsushita and Sony also claimed to have developed two-layer ROM disk production lines.
However, Microsoft and Intel apparently expect the HD DVD's 30 Gbytes capacity to be expanded. Following the 30-Gbyte ROM format, the DVD Forum approved the two-layered 30-Gbyte R (write once) format earlier this month.
The iHD technology proposed by Microsoft and Disney was previously adopted as a specification for the HD DVD format to promote interactivity. It can be coded with XML commands, while the competing BD format is developing corresponding technology based on Java.
As if timed to coincide with the HD DVD announcement, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. announced the development of a slim HD DVD drive measuring 12.7-mm high for notebook PCs. The slim drive will sample by the end of the year.
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