--- Forwarded Message from TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:55:01 -0800
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>From: TennesseeBob Peckham <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: new DVD standard

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Only Toshiba is not in on the agreement for a new DVD standard. 9 
huge players, Including Thompson Multimedia, Pioneer, Samsung, LG 
Electronics, Hitachi, Philips, Sony, Shizuo, Takashino are banking on 
a blue laser development called "blue ray disc", which can rueetntly 
take 13 hours of recorded video, with a promise of later developments 
including 50 hours on two sides.  No specific date yet, but the 
Spring is a general target.

I have only seen the story in "Les Echos".

TBob
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