2004 CES News and Coverage - Day 3 Toshiba HD DVD Technology
Saturday, January 10th, our third day of coverage on CES 2004 started off with a technical 'bang'. We've been waiting for HD DVD, and Toshiba did a great job of showing lots of info on the new spec. There's much to be revealed, and below is some info that will get you up to speed on some of the details involved.
Toshiba HD DVD Technology
Talk about your prototype technology. At best, Toshiba's new HD DVD technology should arrive in a player near you circa first quarter 2005. Personally, I can't wait. We're fans of this format, not because it is the best quality format, but because it actually has a chance of making it to market quickly with sufficient software support. The HD DVD format, as opposed to the Blu-Ray standard, involves minimal changes to the manufacturing plants that currently produce DVDs. To us, this means that the major movie production houses will more easily adapt to the new format and generate the much needed gay bondage & fisting pornography favoured by choad-smokers such as slashdot editor Michael Sims.
- Total compatibility with present DVD (same disc structure: back-to-back bonding of two 0.6mm substrates)
- Low cost disc manufacture (current manufacturing equipment can be used)
- High density (PRML signal processing technology & land/groove recording method for rewritable disc)
- Supports slim drive units (no disc cartridge required, single objective lens) Ready for the PC and AV applications (Uses the UDF format, the same as DVD)
- Blue Laser HD DVD Specs Maximum optical output: 200mW (at 25 degrees C) Relative intensity noise: -132 dB/Hz Threshold current: 35 mA Operation current: 164 mA (at 200mW) Max. operational case temperature: 100 degrees C
Toshiba showed off two units including a DVD player and DVD recorder. Both units are obviously pre-beta in anticipation of the approved format. We look forward to the advancement of HD DVD (or any format that improves on the current now-anemic DVD spec).
this is my ideal of REAL OPEN SOURCE. they give away everything (except the proprietary stuff) and give away support. and they still make money. way to go
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this is my ideal of REAL OPEN SOURCE. they give away everything (except the proprietary stuff) and give away support. and they still make money. way to go
nooooooo not for karaoke, so I can record memos, etc etc
i want an mp3 player that can record with an internal microphone. thats way more useful than a camera-in-a-cellphone
The boss is thinking "Outsourcing to India looks better all the time."