SONY-PS3-Blueray - VS Microsoftft -Xbox2+???HD-DVD

[Nemo]

Microsoft Gets Pushed For HD-DVD

NEC and Toshiba hope to see next gen DVD format in Xbox 2.

October 05, 2004 - Xbox 2 may make use of the HD-DVD format, if some Japanese electronics giants have their way. Today, at the CEATEC Japan technology exhibition, now ongoing at the Makuhari Messe convention center, just outside of Tokyo, a manager at NEC revealed that his company is working to get Microsoft to use the format in the successor console to Xbox. A separate interview with Toshiba president Tadashi Okamura revealed a similar course for the electronics giant, with Okamura stating, in reference to HD-DVD, "We'd of course like them (Microsoft) to use it."

 

Both Toshiba and NEC are strong proponents for HD-DVD (High Definition Digital Versatile Disk) becoming the successor to DVD. The format is in competition with Blue Ray, which is backed by Sony and a number of other companies. This move would seem to be a direct counter to recent news that Sony Computer Entertainment plans to incorporate Blue Ray into its PlayStation 3 console. Interestingly enough, Toshiba is actually working with Sony on the Cell processor, a key component of the PS3.

 

There's been some concern that pricing for systems that make use of these next generation storage formats would be too high given the expected arrival time of Blue Ray and HD-DVD. At CEATEC, NEC revealed that it plans to push HD-DVD as a storage format for the PC by placing HD-DVD drives in its own computers and selling drives to other computer manufacturers. The company aims at making computers with HD-DVD drives available in the latter half of 2005, and aims for drive prices to drop to 300 dollars within half a year of inclusion.

 

In response to the invitations from NEC and Toshiba, Microsoft Japan Xbox spokesperson Asako Miyata commented to Bloomberg Japan, "We cannot make comments on specifics regarding the next generation system."

 

Microsoft has promised to reveal details on the successor to Xbox at next year's E3 show, set for May.

 

 

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[DIMERR]

Apo oti fainete to blue ray tha einai to kalitero epidi ipostirizete mexri stigmis apo tis perisoteres etaireies kai exoun kai megaliteri xwretikotita apo ta HD-DVD.Ta HD-DVD bebaia exoun ftinotero kostos kataskeuis.

[Bourdoulas]

To 8ema poio forma 8a epikratisei sta writers.

[DIMERR]

Apo oti fainete to blue ray kerdizei ti maxi mexri stigmis epidi ipostirizete apo tis perisoteres gnwstes etaireies kataskeuis writers.

[DIMERR]

Etaireies pou ipostirizoun mexri stigmis tin texnologia BLUE RAY:

 

Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson. Mitsubishi joined the group in 2003 and Dell and HP have recently announced their support.

 

 

Etaireies pou ipostirizoun mexri stigmis to HD-DVD:

 

Toshiba and NEC and a provisional specification approved by the DVD Forum

 

 

 

Xwretikotita BLUE RAY ana layer:27GB

 

Xwretikotita HD-DVD ana layer:15 GB

[Narayan]

Το HD-DVD όμως κρατάει τη συμβατότητα με το DVD...

[Bourdoulas]

Narayan, ti ennoeis krataei thn simbatotita me to dvd?oti 8a diabazete apo tis siskeues dvd?

[Nemo]

Το HD-DVD όμως κρατάει τη συμβατότητα με το DVD...

 

Sony Corporation (TSE: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has developed a single 3-wavelength recording/playback optical head, capable of recording and playing-back 3 formats, Blu-ray Disc (BD), in addition to DVD, CD, which is a high-density optical disc system capable of recording/playing back high definition contents.

 

BD is an optical disc system capable of recording and playing-back HD contents from, for example, HD broadcasting. Sony has commercialized the world's first BD recorder with this standard. The BD market is expected to expand in the coming era where high-quality contents will become the mainstream and BD recognized as the indispensable optical disc system. On the other hand, together with the capability to recording/playing-back HD contents of the BD standards, it is desired for the BD recorder to play DVD software, recorded rewriteable/postscript DVD disc, as well as playback of music CD. In order to cope with this, in , 2 optical heads, one to playback DVD and CD, and the other to record and playback BD is incorporated.

 

In the newly developed 3-wavelength recording and playback optical head, the main characteristics are its capability to record/playback the 3 formats, BD, DVD and CD with one single optical head.This is achieved by the introduction of the newly developed single unit 3 wavelength laser, and also an object lens corresponding to the 3 wavelengths.

 

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