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DVD standard wins approval

...standard approved, just weeks after China clarified its own EVD format. The DVD Forum, an international association of electronics makers and movie studios, granted approval... Read more

1 December, 2003 by ZDNet UK

Panasonic breaks £200 DVD-RAM barrier

...led by Dutch electronics giant Philips; and DVD-RW, promoted by the DVD Forum, which also set the DVD-RAM standard. Some companies, such as... Read more

7 March, 2003 by Matt Loney

DVD formats at a glance

...The second version of DVD-RAM, which has been ratified by the DVD Forum, has a capacity of 4.7Gbytes. This format, supported by Panasonic... Read more

29 November, 1999 by Justin Pearse

Comdex: Pioneer shows off DVD-RW

...if Pioneer manages to get its DVD-RW drive ratified by the DVD Forum (formerly the DVD Consortium) next year Read more

17 November, 1998 by Richard Barry

DVD-RAM group asks for approval

The DVD Forum has asked the European Computer Manufacturers Association to approve its format... Read more

19 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Sony debuts dual-layer DVD burners

...DVD recordable and rewritable format. The two groups, DVD+RW Alliance and DVD Forum, have established their own two-layer DVD disc formats, which they... Read more

4 May, 2005 by Richard Shim

Microsoft spreads DVD-succession bets

...s codec became an open-standards technology. The steering committee of the DVD Forum standards group, which is overseeing the development of HD DVD technology... Read more

1 September, 2004 by Ed Frauenheim

Panasonic readies Blu-ray DVD

...by Toshiba and NEC. HD DVD recently got a boost from the DVD Forum standards body. The Forum's steering committee approved version 1.0... Read more

1 July, 2004 by Ed Frauenheim

Double-layer DVD heats up standards battle

...of companies did not like the recordable DVD technologies developed by the DVD Forum standards body. The DVD Forum approved formats called DVD-RAM and... Read more

30 December, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

NEC sees blue and red in DVD future

...said. NEC and Toshiba have proposed a blue-laser format to the DVD Forum industry group. The format for HD-DVD, also known as high... Read more

19 December, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

HP tunes up DVD burners

...DVD+R/+RW format. The first two "dash" formats are championed by DVD Forum, which is an industry organisation that counts consumer-electronics giants Sharp... Read more

5 November, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

Group doubles DVD+R capacity

...DVD+R/+RW recordable format against DVD-R/-RW, offered by the DVD Forum, the industry consortium that originally developed DVD. The format war has... Read more

13 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Pioneer expands DVD-rewritable support

...chosen sides behind two competing industry groups: DVD+RW Alliance and the DVD Forum, with the Alliance promoting the DVD+R/RW format and the... Read more

19 May, 2003 by Richard Shim

Toshiba, NEC snub Blu-ray DVD format

...availability. Toshiba and NEC are working with an industry group called the DVD Forum to gain the support of its 215 member companies. The emergence... Read more

13 May, 2003 by Richard Shim

Microsoft backs DVD rewritable group

...of companies that promotes and develops the DVD+RW format. The rival DVD Forum, which includes Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp, advocates... Read more

25 February, 2003 by Richard Shim

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