DVD Forum Celebrates 10th Anniversary.TOKYO -- The DVD Forum, the international organization that defines formats for 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. products and technologies, today celebrated its official 10th anniversary at the annual general meeting of its members held in Tokyo. The Forum, which has been hailed as a model for collaboration between the consumer electronics, IT and entertainment industries, was founded in August 1997, to assume and extend the work of the DVD Consortium, the ten-company organization that initially developed the DVD format. When it started its work in developing the DVD format and promoting its widespread dissemination, the DVD Forum could count 86 members. Today, it has about 220 member companies, drawn from all over the world. The launch of DVD was one of the most successful consumer product launches in history. An immediate hit with consumers around the world, DVD brought new and exciting capabilities to home entertainment, computing and gaming, and created an immense global market: 2006 demand for DVD players and recorders stood at over 110 million units(1), and reached about 290 million units for DVD drives(2). In the same year, 1.7 billion DVD movie discs were shipped in the North America(3), while shipments of recordable discs climbed to 5.1 billion discs globally(4). This extraordinary success rests on the concerted efforts and long-term support of the DVD Forum. The Forum assured the versatility and wide-ranging applicability of DVD by defining key specifications that met diverse needs, including those for DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. , DVD-Video, DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). , DVD-RAM A rewritable DVD disc endorsed by the DVD Forum. Using phase change technology, DVD-RAMs are like removable hard disks, and the media can be rewritten 100,000 times compared to 1,000 times for DVD-RW and DVD+RW. The first DVD-RAM drives with a capacity of 2.6GB (single sided) or 5. , DVD-Audio, DVD-RW (DVD-Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD Forum. Also called "DVD Dash RW" and "DVD Minus RW," DVD-RW uses phase change recording. The media hold 4.7GB per side and can be rewritten 1,000 times. , and DVD-Video Recording(5). The Forum continues to define the future for DVD, and is now promoting development of HD DVD, the next generation DVD format -- based on blue laser -- and working on the development of an integrated networking environment -- extending DVD formats to adapt to the expanding online world. The DVD Forum will continue to benefit consumers - and promote the growth and vitality of the consumer electronics, IT and entertainment industries - by contributing to the usefulness and versatility of DVD technologies and adding new functions, including downloading to DVD format recordable discs. (Please visit http://www.dvdforum.org/37scmtg-resolution.htm for the latest resolutions of the DVD Forum Steering Committee Meeting.). (1) Source: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (社団法人電子情報産業協会 (JEITA JEITA Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (merger of JEIDA and EIAJ) ) (2) Source: TECHNO SYSTEMS RESEARCH CO., LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . (TSR) (3) Source: Digital Entertainment Group (4) Source: JAPAN RECORDING-MEDIA INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (JRIA) (5) in order of release of specifications For further information on DVD Forum, please visit http://www.dvdforum.org/forum.shtml |
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