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Industry Leaders Gathered To Demonstrate DVD-RW In Europe - 2/29/00
Hewlett-Packard Company, MCC/Verbatim, Philips Electronics, Ricoh Company, Sony Corporation and Yamaha Corporation, the industry leaders in CD-ReWritable technology, have reinforced their commitment to 4.7 Gigabyte DVD-RW technology in the first public demonstration in Europe of both real-time recording and immediate playback on currently available DVD-Video and DVD-ROM players.
The demonstration featured the use of a Ricoh prototype-recording device. Video content was recorded on DVD+RW media from Ricoh and then played back on a variety of currently available DVD-ROM and DVD-Video devices. 4.7GB DVD+RW technology is a natural evolution of the successful CD-RW format and an important step in the growth path from CD to DVD. The 4.7GB DVD+RW format was designed to be compatible with the rapidly growing installed base of more than 30 million DVD-ROM drives and DVD-Video players. DVD+RW media do not require a cartridge, further enabling playback in the majority of current DVD equipment.
``We've achieved a major milestone in the development of 4.7GB DVD+RW technology,' said Takeshi Matsui, corporate councilor, Ricoh Company Ltd.
``Real-time recording and playback of 4.7GB DVD+RW media brings us one step closer to the capability, compatibility and capacity that our customers expect to see in an out-coming product. Our final target is to install the data file and video file recording capability.' |
