Microsoft Joins DVD+RW Alliance
March 04, 2003
Mississauga, ON - Microsoft Corp. is the newest member of the DVD+RW Alliance, and will be one of nine companies that sit on the Alliance's policy-setting team, the Executive and Steering Committee.
Other members of the Executive/Steering Committee are Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi Chemical/Verbatim, Philips, Ricoh, Sony, Thomson and Yamaha.
About DVD+R/+RW
The DVD+R/+RW format is capable of recording up to 4.7 gigabytes of digital
video, images or data. This equates to the storage capacity of seven
CD-R/RW discs and the potential to store thousands of digital photographs or
approximately two hours of digital video. The primary benefits of DVD+R/+RW
include its functionality, simplicity and two-way compatibility, meaning
that DVD+R and DVD+RW media can be played in most DVD video players and
DVD-ROM drives in use today.
About The DVD+RW Alliance
The DVD+RW Alliance is a voluntary group of industry-leading personal
computing manufacturers, optical storage and electronics manufacturers
including Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), HP (NYSE: HPQ), MCC/Verbatim, Philips
Electronics (NYSE: PHG), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Ricoh Company, Ltd. (ADR:
RICOY), Sony Corporation, Thomson (NYSE: TMS) and Yamaha Corporation. The
companies promote the universally compatible, rewritable DVD+R/+RW format
that enables true convergence between personal computing and consumer
electronics products. DVD+R and DVD+RW discs written on DVD+R/+RW recorder
can be read and played in most DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives. More
than 50 additional companies have formally pledged support for DVD+R/+RW
technology.
For more information, visit
www.dvdrw.com
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