Toshiba has developed technology of transformation usual DVD in HD
Japanese Toshiba plans to manufacture till the end of this year a DVD-player of new type on which the disks which have been written down in a former format, will be reproduced with the high permission of a picture, informs CNews referring to RIA Novosti news agency.
In company laboratories the new video processor at which installation in a usual DVD-player films and other video data which have been written down with the usual permission, are reproduced with a much better picture has been developed.
Format DVD allows to lose film with the permission of 350 thousand pixels, that is 0,35 MT. Blu-ray and other formats of new generation allow to write down and reproduce a film with the permission about 2 MT, that is almost in 6 times more in comparison with DVD. It became possible thanks to increase in capacity of the carrier with 8,5 to 50 GB. The technology developed by company Toshiba is capable to execute instant transformation of the standard permission of a DVD-disk to the permission of high clearness.
Earlier president Toshiba Atsutosi Nisida (Atsutoshi Nishida) has declared, that its company does not have production plans in the future of devices Blu-ray. Instead Toshiba will try to compete to this format, manufacturing DVD-players with the new processor. The novelty begins to be sold on much more to a low price, than videoplayers of new generation Blu-ray.
At the moment cost of such players in shops of Japan makes about $1000. For advancement of new system Toshiba will develop a special advertising campaign in which will underline: to look films of high clearness, it is not necessary to purchase player Blu-ray, as on DVD films much more.
On February, 19th, 2008 company Toshiba has refused the further support of format HD DVD, thereby having put an end in two-year-old opposition of formats HD DVD and Blu-ray, received the informal name «war of formats». As an occasion to such decision failure of the given standard of the largest film studio Warner Brothers which in January declared intention has served to terminate to write down films on HD DVD and to pass on Blu-ray. In March consortium HD DVD Promotion Group has broken up. Losses Toshiba in connection with rearrangement of lines of products have made about $1 billion It is expected, that the new DVD-player will help the company to compensate these losses.
War between Blu-ray and HD DVD often compare to opposition VHS and Betamax in the late seventies — 1980th years. Then format Betamax developed by company Sony has suffered defeat. For this reason many did not trust in success Blu-ray which also has been developed Sony, he however has won «war of formats».
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