At its 40th Steering Committee Meeting, the DVD Forum has approved the triple-layer HD DVD ROM (read only) specification proposed by Toshiba. The new HD DVD ROM disc has a three-layer structure, with each layer storing 17GB of data, offering a total disc capacity of 51 gigabytes. Currently, HD DVD ROM has a single-layer capacity of 15 GB, with dual-layer discs offering 30 GB.
The new disc, which can store up to 7 hours of high-definition video, shares the same disc structure as standard DVD and previously announced HD DVD formats: two 0.6-mm thick discs bonded back-to-back. This time-tested physical structure offers proven volume manufacturing at little cost increment.
With this latest development, the HD DVD camp is able to offer a product that matches the capacity offered by a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc.
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work as being that they have a Twin Disc format with the HD and SD versions on one side (by adding another layer) that can be played on both HD and DVD players. If the red laser can find the data on that disc that has the 51 GB disc should work on all existing players via firmware update, maybe not. Waiting on conformation from the DVD forum.
"shares the same disc structure as standard DVD and previously announced HD DVD formats: two 0.6-mm thick discs bonded back-to-back. This time-tested physical structure offers proven volume manufacturing at little cost increment."
This is what HD-DVD has been going for all along, feature heavy format with little or to no Cost increase from existing format such as the DVD.
Besides the studio support Sony has, I'm really not sure what Studios will do if and when the HD-DVD Stand-alone players really start to sell by the masses because of the comfortable market price?..
Shouldn't there be a link to the source article?
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