{"id":548093,"date":"2006-02-24T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548093-i-ll-win-the-dvd-format-battle-matsushita-president.html"},"modified":"2006-02-24T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T15:24:28","slug":"i-ll-win-the-dvd-format-battle-matsushita-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548093-i-ll-win-the-dvd-format-battle-matsushita-president.html","title":{"rendered":"I’ll win the DVD format battle: Matsushita president"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fumio Otsubo, named yesterday as head of the Japanese electronics giant behind the Panasonic brand, said he would uphold his predecessor’s policy of promoting the Blu-ray standard. <\/font><\/p>\n

Supporters of the Blu-ray format, led by Matsushita and Sony, are waging a fierce battle against a rival HD DVD format pushed by Toshiba and NEC, with the two sides vying to set the common standard in the lucrative market. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Blu-ray disc is expected to have a greater storage capacity than the HD DVD but also to be more expensive to make, at least in the short-term. <\/font><\/p>\n

Otsubo said that the Blu-ray format was more suitable for the use of large, flat screen television sets, now a rapidly growing market. <\/font><\/p>\n

"We are confident that when high-quality content is observed through a large display, a big storage capacity is a strong point," <\/font><\/p>\n

Otubo told a news conference in Tokyo. <\/font><\/p>\n

The newly appointed president said his firm would further step up its effort in development and production of both large flat television screens and Blu-ray DVD players. <\/font><\/p>\n

"This is our winning scenario. I have strong confidence," he said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Otsubo also said the Blu-ray side had already won contracts with twice as many Hollywood film makers as those on the HD DVD standard. <\/font><\/p>\n

"We will make steady headway, together with other Blu-ray Disc partners." <\/font><\/p>\n

The Hollywood studios pushed the Sony and Toshiba camps to settle their differences and develop a single format in an effort to avoid a replay of the VHS-Betamax war between two types of video cassette tapes in the late 1970s. <\/font><\/p>\n

The two sides failed, however, to reach a deal and currently plan to push ahead with their separate technologies billed as offering cinematic quality images and opening up new possibilities of interactive entertainment. <\/font><\/p>\n

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