Optical Disc Makers Would Prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray.

zippyjuan · 08-06-2005, 10:51 PM

Optical Disc Makers Would Prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray.
Lower Transition Costs to HD DVD Spur Manufacturers to Launch HD DVD First

Category: Storage

by Anton Shilov

[ 08/04/2005 | 10:51 PM ]

Manufacturers of optical discs from Taiwan recently indicated that they would support HD DVD standard of next-generation optical drives firstly and only afterwards would produce Blu-ray discs, if the technology is adopted widely. The reasons behind the plan are lower transition costs to the HD DVD.

CMC Magnetics and Ritek plan to start production of blue-laser HD DVD discs as early as the end of this year, while Lite-On IT and BenQ plan to offer blue-laser HD DVD drives at the end of 2005 or the first quarter of 2006, according to the companies cited by DigiTimes web-site.

While Taiwanese manufacturers do not produce the majority of optical drives in the world, other Asian-based makers from China, Korea, Malaysia and so on are also likely to adopt a standard that requires less new equipment to be re-set up or acquired. Still, given that a number of tier-one consumer electronics companies, including Hitachi, Panasonic, Sony and others, back Blu-ray technology, its market acceptance is inevitable, unless the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards are unified.

HD DVD is the next generation DVD format being standardized at the DVD Forum, which represents over 230 consumer electronics, information technology, and content companies worldwide. HD DVD can store up to 15GB of data on one layer. HD DVD players and HD DVD video software are expected to come to market in late 2005. The development of HD DVD is headed by NEC and Toshiba.

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by thirteen leading consumer electronics and PC companies, such as Dell, Hitachi, HP, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition television (HDTV). Blu-ray makes it possible to record over 2 hours of HDTV, or more than 13 hours of SDTV on a 27GB disc. There are also plans for higher capacity discs that are expected to hold up to 54GB of data.

shocky123 · 08-09-2005, 09:13 PM

I seem to recall a time when manufacturers preferred to make SDRAM instead of DDR-SDRAM.. or worse yet, they(one company) 'prefered' to make RIMM's instead of DIMMS

heh, they'll conform. eventually..

~Kyle

Thesifer · 08-10-2005, 09:34 AM

They'll conform to what? Blu-Ray? .. I seriously doubt it. I would imagine Blu-Ray mainly works in Sony Products only for a while if not longer. HD-DVD Players can be made to be Backwards compatible with Regular DVD's making it a lot easier to decide to upgrade to an HD-DVD Player when you wont have to upgrade your entire Collection of movies to go along with the change.
Atleast in my opinion.

kimchicowboy · 08-10-2005, 10:01 AM

it wouldn't only work on sony products. you see that long string of companies that back blu-ray? i'm sure they'll have plenty of muscle in the future to make the disc makers to conform.

Thesifer · 08-10-2005, 10:44 AM

If they can make blu-ray devices that would play current DVD Technology.. then it might have a chance, I just don't see people changing over completely from DVD soon. But if they could by a new player that would play their old DVD's and Blu-Ray or HD-DVD then they would..

shocky123 · 08-10-2005, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimchicowboy

it wouldn't only work on sony products. you see that long string of companies that back blu-ray? i'm sure they'll have plenty of muscle in the future to make the disc makers to conform.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. And I would highly doubt that Sony will be the exclusive user of Blue-Ray, I know IBM is using/testing them as we speak, we can unofficially chalk them up on the list of big companies backing it.

~Kyle

bachviet · 08-10-2005, 06:12 PM

According to the article, HD DVD is backed by Toshiba, NEC, and 230 other companies.

Grimm · 08-11-2005, 10:09 AM

If it doesn't play my current collection of 300+ DVDs, I don't want it.

Blu-Ray=Betamax?

08-06-2005, 10:51 PM	#1
zippyjuan Picture of the Day Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 8,756	Optical Disc Makers Would Prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray. Optical Disc Makers Would Prefer HD DVD over Blu-Ray. Lower Transition Costs to HD DVD Spur Manufacturers to Launch HD DVD First Category: Storage by Anton Shilov [ 08/04/2005 \| 10:51 PM ] Manufacturers of optical discs from Taiwan recently indicated that they would support HD DVD standard of next-generation optical drives firstly and only afterwards would produce Blu-ray discs, if the technology is adopted widely. The reasons behind the plan are lower transition costs to the HD DVD. CMC Magnetics and Ritek plan to start production of blue-laser HD DVD discs as early as the end of this year, while Lite-On IT and BenQ plan to offer blue-laser HD DVD drives at the end of 2005 or the first quarter of 2006, according to the companies cited by DigiTimes web-site. While Taiwanese manufacturers do not produce the majority of optical drives in the world, other Asian-based makers from China, Korea, Malaysia and so on are also likely to adopt a standard that requires less new equipment to be re-set up or acquired. Still, given that a number of tier-one consumer electronics companies, including Hitachi, Panasonic, Sony and others, back Blu-ray technology, its market acceptance is inevitable, unless the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards are unified. HD DVD is the next generation DVD format being standardized at the DVD Forum, which represents over 230 consumer electronics, information technology, and content companies worldwide. HD DVD can store up to 15GB of data on one layer. HD DVD players and HD DVD video software are expected to come to market in late 2005. The development of HD DVD is headed by NEC and Toshiba. Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD) is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by thirteen leading consumer electronics and PC companies, such as Dell, Hitachi, HP, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition television (HDTV). Blu-ray makes it possible to record over 2 hours of HDTV, or more than 13 hours of SDTV on a 27GB disc. There are also plans for higher capacity discs that are expected to hold up to 54GB of data. __________________ I add new pictures to my photo gallery pretty regularly. You can see them here if you are interested: http://www.pbase.com/jeffryz

08-09-2005, 09:13 PM	#2
shocky123 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 828	I seem to recall a time when manufacturers preferred to make SDRAM instead of DDR-SDRAM.. or worse yet, they(one company) 'prefered' to make RIMM's instead of DIMMS heh, they'll conform. eventually.. ~Kyle __________________ "me awaits onslaught of estrogen fury." -CornMonkey "5. When your friend dates a woman that is absolutely terrible for him, and she's wrecking his life, it's your duty to openly hate her, and point out how evil she is." -ialsohaveadream

08-10-2005, 09:34 AM	#3
Thesifer Vice Admiral Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,338	They'll conform to what? Blu-Ray? .. I seriously doubt it. I would imagine Blu-Ray mainly works in Sony Products only for a while if not longer. HD-DVD Players can be made to be Backwards compatible with Regular DVD's making it a lot easier to decide to upgrade to an HD-DVD Player when you wont have to upgrade your entire Collection of movies to go along with the change. Atleast in my opinion. __________________

08-10-2005, 10:01 AM	#4
kimchicowboy Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: in the middle of the pacific ocean Posts: 5,344	it wouldn't only work on sony products. you see that long string of companies that back blu-ray? i'm sure they'll have plenty of muscle in the future to make the disc makers to conform. __________________ "I pick my nose too but never eat it." - bachviet, 3/30/04 if anyone wants to go scuba diving in oahu or wants to learn who to scuba dive in oahu, PM me.

08-10-2005, 06:12 PM	#7
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08-10-2005, 10:44 AM	#5
Thesifer Vice Admiral Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,338	If they can make blu-ray devices that would play current DVD Technology.. then it might have a chance, I just don't see people changing over completely from DVD soon. But if they could by a new player that would play their old DVD's and Blu-Ray or HD-DVD then they would..

08-11-2005, 10:09 AM	#8
Grimm 100% Pure Evil Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,861	If it doesn't play my current collection of 300+ DVDs, I don't want it. Blu-Ray=Betamax?

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