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Industry Agrees On Next Gen Unified DVD Standard

Posted by Hemos on from the making-it-all-agree dept.

scsirob writes "According to this press release the DVD recording industry will end the DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM mess and standardise on a new technology called 'Blue Ray'. Blue lasers are used to record up to 27 GB on each side of the DVD. This initiative is backed by all major players in the industry. The article contains many technical details." Several other people noted that the BBC has coverage as well. Yah for non-company specific industry standards.

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  1. oOooO.. more fodder.. by bo0push3r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In addition, the adoption of a unique ID written on a Blu-ray Disc realizes high quality copyright protection functions.

    wonder how long it'll take for some 15-year-old to be tried as an adult and tossed in the pokey for cracking this one...

    15 minutes.. a day maybe? :)