Tomorrow
starts the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las
Vegas
and the press releases have already started to appear. Toshiba today announced
that it will display a HD-DVD (AOD) player backward compatible with today's
DVD-ROM discs at the show. HD-DVD was approved by the DVD forum in November and
the format is backed by Toshiba and NEC.
Toshiba Corporation
today announced development of a prototype high-definition DVD player that
can play high-definition DVD discs and current DVDs. The player features a
single-lens optical head mechanism that integrates both red and blue laser
diodes, assuring support for both the next-generation "HD DVD-ROM" format
(version 0.9) recently approved by the DVD Forum and backward
compatibility with today's DVD ROM discs. The new player points the way to
a commercial product that will allow fans of DVD to enjoy the richer image
quality of HD DVD while protecting their current investment in DVD
software libraries.
Toshiba has recently
made a series of crucial innovations in support of commercial development
of next generation HD DVD drives and players.
The latest prototype
dual-compatibility player incorporates an optical pick-up head integrating
both a red laser diode for standard DVD discs and a blue laser diode for
HD DVD, along with a single objective lens that works with both. This
advance achieves the functionality and compactness required for
consumer-use HD DVD, and is also more economical than dual-lens head or
dual optical heads that require two separate lenses for each laser
diode.
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HD-DVD
is however not the only blue laser based "next generation" format and Sony has
sold a Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorder in Japan since April which also is backward
compatible with today's DVD discs.
You
can read the complete press release here.
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
