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3 Jan 2005 9:03
Philips was quick to announce their first PC triple format hybrid recorder, supporting the next generation Blu-ray format. The drive is about to be presented in Las Vegas at the CES 2005 expo. So the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war is soon about to really begin, as consumer ready solutions are entering the market. It is however questionable, is there yet a demand for the next generation formats. After all, DVD recordable technology has not really evolved to a mature stage yet. Film studios have expected the new format to hit the market in 2006.
he Dutch company, together with a group of other powerful electronics makers including Sony Corp, Hewlett-Packard and Dell , is proposing the Blu-ray format which can store up to 50 Gigabytes of data on a disc.Source: Reuters.com
This level of storage allows film publishers to put a full-length movie in the high-definition format on one disc.
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The new Philips drive has three lasers, including Blu-ray's blue laser which has a shorter wavelength than current red lasers, allowing for a thinner light beam that can read and write smaller bits of information on a disc.