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News Release from: Toshiba Europe Storage Device Division
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 May 2003
DVD forum welcomes Windows support
The DVD Forum has welcomed Microsoft's plan to provide native support for all major recordable formats including DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW in the next version of the Windows operating system.
Hitachi, Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Pioneer Corp and Toshiba Corp, members of the DVD Forum, have welcomed last week's announcement by Microsoft that it plans to provide native support for all major recordable formats including DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW in the next version of the Windows operating system With this announcement, all major DVD recordable formats standardised by the DVD Forum will receive native support from Windows, along with DVD-RAM, which is currently supported
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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This move will provide users of PCs with greater usability of DVD recordable products and higher compatibility between PC and AV products.
DVD-R and DVD-RW, which will be newly supported by Windows, will easily be able to record and replay pictures, music and general PC data without any need for third party software.
They will also enjoy the same "drag and drop" data handling capability as DVD-RAM, which supports their ease of use as backup media or as media for data exchanges.
The five companies will continue to introduce PC and digital AV products based on the Forum's DVD standards and seek to further promote the popularity of DVD recordable products in the market.
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