Over at the 2004 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies or Ceatec in Japan, Sanyo has put their prototype HD-DVD player on display alongside a prototype from Toshiba, which has already been seen at other events.
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The discs included single-sided and double-sided ROM discs, or 15G-byte and 30G-byte capacity, and single-layer HD-DVD-R discs of 20G-byte capacity. All of the discs were genuine samples, as opposed to other optical discs with HD-DVD labels, and all the companies were preparing for mass production, said a spokeswoman for Toshiba. Toshiba and NEC have promised to commercialize HD-DVD during 2005. The first commercial Blu-ray Disc machines are already on the market in Japan, although sales have been limited by a high price tag and an inability to play back prerecorded content. |
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Source: PC World
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