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"Next Generation DVD Players: Will History Repeat?" Provides Detail on Consumer Preferences and Industry Support for the Competing DVD Formats.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79107) has announced the addition of "Next Generation DVD Players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. : Will History Repeat?" to their offering.

Next Generation DVD Players: Will History Repeat? provides detail on consumer preferences and industry support for the competing DVD formats There are several competing DVD Formats: Non-recordable formats
  • DVD-ROM: These are pressed similarly to CDs. The reflective surface is silver or gold colored.
, with analysis on market strategies and adoption and a prediction of the outcome in this standards battle.

"Purchasing or renting DVDs will continue to be a dominant way for consumers to view content," stated Chris Roden, Research Analyst at Parks Associates. "What has yet to be determined is which format will become the standard, HD DVD (High Definition DVD) A relatively short-lived high-capacity optical disc that holds four hours of high-definition video on a single-sided, single-layer 15GB disk. Sanctioned by the DVD Forum in 2003 and based on the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) technology from Toshiba and  or Blu-ray? However, we are starting to see the pendulum swing slowly in one direction," said Roden. "Recent retail developments, support from major Hollywood studios, and inclusion of the format in the PlayStation 3 puts the Blu-ray format in the lead."

Contents:

The Bottom Line

1.0 Notes on Methodology

2.0 Evolution of Video Formats

3.0 Technology Comparison

4.0 Stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property.  Perspectives

5.0 Forecasts

Resource Book

Section I: High Definition Product Ownership, High Definition Televisions, High Definition Video Services

Section II: Next Generation High Definition DVD Players and Content High Definition DVD Players, High Definition DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 Computer Drives Game Consoles, High Definition Content

Section III: Consumer Adoption Views, Movie Viewing Habits, Familiarity with High Definition Formats, Factors in Purchasing High Definition DVD Players

Section IV: Consumer Purchase Intentions Game Consoles, High Definition DVD Players

Section VI: Company Profiles

Dell

HP

Intel

LG Electronics

Matsushita Electric (Panasonic)

Microsoft

Philips

Pioneer

Samsung

Sony

Toshiba

The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
 Company

Viacom

20th Century Fox

Universal Pictures

Warner Brothers Warner Brothers (b. Eichelbaums) movie executives; Harry (Morris) (1881–1958), born in Krasnashiltz, Poland; Albert (1884–1967), born in Baltimore, Md.; Samuel (1887–1927), born in Baltimore, Md.  

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79107.
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