Is the end of the HD-DVD Blu-ray format war nigh?
The Toshiba-Samsung hybrid Blu-ray/HD-DVD player could help see an end to the Blu-ray and HD-DVD format war, but Japanese company Ricoh have come up with an even better solution. Instead of combining two different lens’ under one player housing to read Blu-ray and HD-DVDs like the Toshiba–Samsung hybrid player, Ricoh’s revolutionary optical component that reads and writes all disk formats—Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, as well as older formats such as DVD and CD using just one pickup and objective lens; which has never been achieved before.
Ricoh are scheduled to show off the new technology at the Optoelectronics Exhibition ’06 in Tokyo, Japan on July 12-14. The company has plans to sell the component to manufacturers by the end of th year, potentially ending the format war before it even starts. Ricoh’s optical reader/writer works by using a new diffraction plate. The diffraction component adjusts the laser beam with its diffraction grating for each format and passes it to the objective lens. The lens then forms a beam spot at the appropriate depth for each disk format.
You have been warned! Don’t rush out and get those Blu-ray or HD-DVD players too soon, as there could be something much more worth your while on the market by the end of this year that’ll read new HiDef formats as well as your old DVDs. If the Ricoh optical device is this good, filling the space of just 1 lens, we should even see Blu-ray, HD-DVD, DVD, CD and VCR recorders by early 2007. Lets just hope all goes to plan.
Visit: [Ricoh website]
Via EEtimes
The Toshiba-Samsung hybrid Blu-ray/HD-DVD player could help see an end to the Blu-ray and HD-DVD format war, but Japanese company Ricoh have come up with an even better solution. Instead of combining two different lens’ under one player housing to read Blu-ray and HD-DVDs like the Toshiba–Samsung hybrid player, Ricoh’s revolutionary optical component that reads and writes all disk formats—Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, as well as older formats such as DVD and CD using just one pickup and objective lens; which has never been achieved before.
Ricoh are scheduled to show off the new technology at the Optoelectronics Exhibition ’06 in Tokyo, Japan on July 12-14. The company has plans to sell the component to manufacturers by the end of th year, potentially ending the format war before it even starts. Ricoh’s optical reader/writer works by using a new diffraction plate. The diffraction component adjusts the laser beam with its diffraction grating for each format and passes it to the objective lens. The lens then forms a beam spot at the appropriate depth for each disk format.
You have been warned! Don’t rush out and get those Blu-ray or HD-DVD players too soon, as there could be something much more worth your while on the market by the end of this year that’ll read new HiDef formats as well as your old DVDs. If the Ricoh optical device is this good, filling the space of just 1 lens, we should even see Blu-ray, HD-DVD, DVD, CD and VCR recorders by early 2007. Lets just hope all goes to plan.
Visit: [Ricoh website]
Via EEtimes
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