This was sent to me this morning. Any comments??
Sony, Five Others Unveil Rewritable Disc Format
TOKYO - Sony and five other companies today announced their own standard for large-capacity, rewritable data storage
discs for computers and digital video disc (DVD) players.
The new disc, called Phase-Change Rewritables, will be supported by Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics, Mitsubishi
Chemical, Ricoh and Yamaha, Sony said.
Sony said the disk would not be compatible with DVD-RAMs, a similar rewritable disc technology announced earlier this year
by a group of 10 major electronic equipment makers, including Sony and Philips. DVD-RAMS are due to hit the market at the
end of this year.
The disc will be able to store 3.0 gigabytes of information on a single side, compared with DVD-RAM's 2.6 gigabytes, Sony
said.
Sony plans to put the new disc on the market in the first half of next year, but the launch date will vary among the six firms, a
Sony spokesman said. |
