Chapter 1205 HD DVD

Seeing this digital camera today, Feng Yu suddenly thought that many of the digital cameras in his previous life have since become digital video cameras, that is, they can not only take photos, but also shoot short videos.

Now, there are already digital video cameras, and even as early as 1998, Sunny launched the first real digital video camera, but the storage device at that time was still a 3.5-inch floppy disk.

In other words, that digital video camera can only shoot short videos, and if it is longer, the capacity will not be enough. Later, there were digital video cameras with VCD discs as storage devices, and now DVDs are used as storage devices, after several generations of development.

However, Feng Yu is very clear that in the future, either flash memory or hard disk will be used as storage device, and this kind of DVD will be eliminated soon.

In the previous life, it seemed that Souni, Dongzhi and other companies later jointly formulated the DV standard and HDV standard, that is, the high-definition digital video standard, and then they made a lot of money just by relying on patent licensing and technology licensing.

At that time, all kinds of domestic DVs were flooded in the country, and the prices were not too expensive, and the technology used was Suoney and others. In this way, the pace of technology research and development of domestic manufacturers is blocked, so that they can only continue to purchase new technologies from companies such as Souni, and thus companies such as Souni have monopolized upstream resources.

Feng Yu pinched his chin, now there is only DV standard, so should we get the HDV standard first?

In other words, if this is the case, can it prevent the development of island country enterprises for a long time? Taking a step back, it can also allow them to start confrontation with themselves, thus abandoning their monopoly position.

This needs to be discussed with Philips, Jiang Wanmeng, Xu Lihua, etc. Even if the investment is high, it must be done. The future profit is not a small amount.

Besides, this technology can be applied to mobile phones. In the future, mainstream mobile phones will be able to shoot videos. If Fengyu mobile phone is the first to launch a mobile phone for shooting videos, then the saying that Fengyu mobile phone leads the trend will never be shaken again!

But the immediate priority is to upgrade the DVD format.

Fengyu Electronics dominates the DVD forum and develops HDDVD, which is a high-definition DVD format. Of course, this is also a byproduct of the advent of high-definition televisions.

At the beginning, the TV was not so clear, no matter how high-definition DVD you develop, it is useless, and the effect is still the same when it is released.

But now that there are high-definition TVs, the gap between high-definition DVDs and ordinary DVDs can be seen with the naked eye. Who doesn't like to see a movie more clearly if possible?

As for what you said, high-definition DVD discs will be more expensive? That's not a thing at all,

People who buy high-definition TVs are not short of money themselves!

Moreover, Feng Yu also learned that the DVD alliance that Sunny and others joined has also begun to lead the development of Blu-ray DVDs, which are also high-definition DVDs, but the standards of the two parties are different again.

The island companies that were originally in the DVD forum, such as Songxia, JVC, Hitachi, Siling and other island companies, have withdrawn from the DVD forum and joined the DVD alliance instead because they had a rift with Fengyu Electronics in other aspects.

They believe that they were treated unfairly in the DVD forum, mainly because after Songxia’s approval representative seat expired, other companies in the island country did not even have an approval representative. Instead, those small companies in Huaxia were successfully elected. serious!

And they have completely forgotten that the technology they obtained in the DVD forum turned around and hooked up with companies such as Suoney to help the DVD alliance in exchange for other benefits.

Otherwise, with the greater strength of the DVD Forum, no matter in terms of technology, capital, or number of members, it is far ahead, and the DVD Alliance should have admitted defeat long ago.

The Blu-ray DVD Alliance wants to lead the formulation and promotion of the Blu-ray DVD standard format this time, and companies such as Songxia joined it without hesitation.

Feng Yu had expected this kind of stabbing in the back. Fortunately, on the HDDVD forum, major companies are still there, such as Philips, Thomson, Tata, Four Star, Mingji and other companies.

In this case, apart from some second- and third-tier consumer electronics companies in island countries, Europe and the United States, other companies are still on the DVD forum.

But the island country has always been one of the best in the world in the field of consumer electronics, and their energy should not be underestimated.

In fact, Blu-ray DVD and HDDVD still have a lot in common. For example, the original disc with a diameter of 120 mm is used as the storage medium, and both use a 405-nanometer blue laser beam for reading and writing operations (DVD is a 650-nanometer wavelength Red light read and write operations, CD is 780 nanometer wavelength), but just like the standard dispute between the DVD Forum and the DVD Alliance, everyone has formulated different format standards.

The HDDVD promoted by Feng Yu has a great advantage, that is, its manufacturing process is the same as that of traditional DVD, that is to say, the manufacturer does not need to replace the equipment, just need to adjust it.

As for the capacity, the single-layer data of HDDVD is 15G, while the single-layer data of the Blu-ray DVD promoted by Suoney can reach 25G. It seems that Suuni's Blu-ray DVD has a larger storage capacity and should be more popular.

It's a pity that Sunny and the others don't understand that this high-definition DVD is destined to be just a transitional product, because the development of flash memory applications is getting faster and faster at this time.

That's right, theoretically DVDs can record sixteen layers, so the peak capacity of HDDVD promoted by Feng Yu and the others is only 180G, and the peak capacity of Suoney's Blu-ray DVD can reach 400G.

Not to mention that this is only a theoretical capacity, the current mainstream equipment, that is, can record two layers, and there are relatively few that can record three layers. There are no more than four floors!

Sunny's Blu-ray DVD format itself is different from the traditional recording method. If they want to update the product line, it will naturally increase their manufacturing costs.

HDDVD can win at a low price in the early stage. After all, a two-hour high-definition movie at this time will not exceed 15G. Even if it is the Titanic, double-layer data is enough, and the equipment does not need to be upgraded.

And Souni and the others believe that their Blu-ray DVD can also be used as a commercial data storage device, providing server data backup or something. Not to mention, most people use mobile hard disks for storage, and mobile hard disks are most criticized for being fragile. But are Blu-ray DVD discs not damaged?

In the future, most of these commercial data storage devices will use flash memory!

After the Blu-ray DVD is developed, the capacity of the flash memory should also exceed 128G. At that time, there will be a more stable and compact flash drive. What do you think others will choose?

Feng Yu and the others promote this HDDVD, on the one hand, for profit, and on the other hand, it is to drag island companies into the technical competition of high-definition discs, so that they have no energy to focus on the development of flash memory technology.

After two years, they will regret it!

... (To be continued.)