PandoraZboX
11th June 2005, 02:34
http://news.softpedia.com/news/DVD-Wars-Revenge-of-Blu-Ray-2997.shtml
"Pioneer and Mitsubishi have made an announcement that shatters this Toshiba's advantage. Thus, the two manufacturers have managed to reduce the manufacturing costs for the BD-R (Blue-Ray Recordable) discs to 11% of the initial value, by using the spin coating technology, already employed on a large scale in the production of DVD-R."
Looks like Blue Ray just cut the knees out from under HD-DVD. 50gigs instead of 30 gigs, and (hopefully no format war), HOORAY!
"Pioneer and Mitsubishi have made an announcement that shatters this Toshiba's advantage. Thus, the two manufacturers have managed to reduce the manufacturing costs for the BD-R (Blue-Ray Recordable) discs to 11% of the initial value, by using the spin coating technology, already employed on a large scale in the production of DVD-R."
Looks like Blue Ray just cut the knees out from under HD-DVD. 50gigs instead of 30 gigs, and (hopefully no format war), HOORAY!