New DVD format was announced...

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    TOKYO--Nine consumer electronics makers, including Sony, Philips Electronics and Samsung Electronics, are expected to unveil a uniform standard for next-generation DVDs on Tuesday, Japanese media said.

    The companies said they will hold a news conference regarding a high-capacity optical disc Tuesday, but declined to disclose further details.

    According to the reports, the nine companies have reached a basic agreement on common standards for next-generation recordable DVD machines.


    Also slated to attend the briefing are Japan's Hitachi, Matsushita Electric, Pioneer, Sharp, South Korea's LG Electronics and France's Thomson Multimedia.

    By reaching a basic agreement, the companies hope to avoid the fragmentation of standards for DVD recorders that has plagued the current lineup.

    Toshiba and Matsushita have advocated the DVD-RAM format; Pioneer and Sharp have teamed up to push the DVD-RW. Sony and Philips have a DVD recordable format of their own.

    The next-generation DVD is expected to have a recordable memory size of 30GB, six times current levels, and is likely to hit the market in 2003 or 2004.

    While recordable DVD has not overtaken VHS as the consumers' preference for recording video, the proliferation of high-speed, broadband Internet connections and digital video delivery is expected to boost demand for digital video recording technology
     
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