Dual-Format HD-DVD/BR Players & Burners to come to market

[akrako1]

Ricoh Tries to Bridge Dueling HD Formats
Jul 13, 4:02 PM (ET)
By HIROKO TABUCHI

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Ricoh Co. said Thursday it will be ready to supply an optical component that reads both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs next year - a move that could diffuse the battle between rivals Toshiba and Sony over next-generation DVD formats.
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Tokyo-based Ricoh's new component, however, uses a diffraction plate designed to adjust the laser so that light focuses properly for each disc format, allowing a drive to read all formats, according to company spokesman Satoshi Aoki.
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The component will initially only read discs, though Ricoh hopes to improve its laser so it writes in all formats, Aoki said.

Read it all at:
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060713/D8IRADTG3.html

This might actually "save" the High-Def DVD market... what do you think?

[SilverBlade]

I bet hollywood is already trying to prevent this from happening so we have to buy 2 pieces of hardware.

[akrako1]

bump

[Supreme2k]

Why bump topics? People will either comment on them or not. Bumping them is just plain annoying, especially when you bump it with "bump".

[Dv8ted2]

This is also a duplicate of another thread.

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=304410