Posted by Jan Panteltje on 01/11/08 18:29

On a sunny day (Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:27:54 GMT) it happened Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote in <fm8cfe$kpj$1@aioe.org>:

>On a sunny day (Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:13:12 +0000) it happened Spex
><No.spam@ta.com> wrote in <13ofcdtrspcg3ab@corp.supernews.com>:
>
>>Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>> On a sunny day (Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:55:55 GMT) it happened "Smarty"
>>> <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in <fkMhj.9$s67.7@trndny05>:
>>>
>>>> Add this 3rd approach to the HD DVD and BluRay format war:
>>>>
>>>> Low cost $199 player and titles now shipping.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nmeinc.com/production.aspx
>>>>
>>>> Smarty
>>>
>>> 20 layers of 5 GB each, OK, with Red laser OK, 100 GB / disk.
>>> Now lets wait for the authoring tools and burners,
>>> and until Warner starts shipping its movies in that format.
>>> Usually adding many more layers increases noise and changes for data errors.
>>>
>>> I'd say: Forget about this.
>>> They are looking for investors :-)
>>>
>>
>>
>>China and India alone make this format extremely viable. VCD was
>>extremely popular in Asia due to its low cost of production of both
>>media and players. This looks like it could be as popular in the Asian
>>market as VCD was.
>>
>>Don't rule it out being the leading platform in its own market.
>
>I know, I produced many VCD,

Actually I ment *CVD*, China Video Disk.

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