Research and Markets: Jockeying into Position: Future Development of Full HD after Toshiba's HD DVD Exit

Business Wire, April 30, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90301) has announced the addition of Jockeying into Position: Future Development of Full HD after Toshiba's HD DVD Exit to their offering.

On February 19, 2008, Toshiba announced that it was abandoning support for the HD DVD (High Definition DVD) standard; this decision by Toshiba has put an end to the uncertainty that had clouded the outlook for the next-generation optical storage market. It is anticipated that 2008 will now be a year of strong growth for high-definition content and high-capacity optical storage. This report begins by examining the competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray camps over the past few years, before going on to explore the outlook for 25GB and 50GB Blue-ray optical storage applications, full-HD broadcasting, and the large-capacity back-up storage market.

List of Topics

Presents competition between Blu-ray and HD DVD from 2005 to 2008; compares video standard rivalry in different generations; impact of Blu-ray becoming the mainstream video standard.

Table of Contents

Competition between Blue-ray Disc and HD DVD

Video Storage Standard Competition Roadmap

Implications of the Demise of HD DVD

MIC Perspective

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