Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, Mitsubishi Chemical/Verbatim, Philips Electronics, Ricoh, Sony, Thomson and Yamaha today announced increasing industry support for DVD+RW as the premier choice for consumers seeking rewritable DVD. During an event scheduled today at Comdex 2001, the DVD+RW Alliance -- a group of companies committed to the benefits of the DVD+RW standard -- will offer attendees a chance to test retail-available DVD+RW products.

``DVD+RW was designed to provide consumers with an easy to use rewritable DVD standard with broad applications in video and data,'' said Hamlin. ``Today, we want you to see and test for yourselves the benefits we've worked hard to perfect and establish as a long-term rewritable DVD solution for beginners and experts alike.''