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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBackwardly compatible next-gen discs arrive.(Cinram International Inc.)(Victor Company of Japan Ltd.)
Screen Digest, January, 2005
Both JVC and Cinram have developed discs which will work in both today's DVD players and the next generation of high definition (HD) players. This means that users that do not have a HD player can view video content at standard definition using their current DVD player, and watch the same content at high definition resolution when upgrading to a HD player in the future. Although they provide similar functionality, both JVC and Cinram are working on technologies that are format specific: JVC's Combo Disc will work only on Blu-ray Disc (BD) technology and Cinram's disc only on HD DVD players.
JVC has incorporated a reflective film that reflects the blue laser used for Blu-ray reproduction but is transparent to the red laser used in DVD reproduction. This has...
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