James Delahunty
1 Mar 2007 19:45
Toshiba has denied reports that the 51GB HD DVD disc it showed off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January has been submitted to the DVD Forum for approval. The 51GB HD DVD disc is achieved by packing 17GB of data per layer on a triple layer HD DVD disc. In the past few days, several news sources and blogs reported that the disc was submitted for approval, which it has not been.
While this site did report the news also, the staff was confused by what seemed to be a re-emergence of news from January with seemingly unconfirmed claims. "We’re puzzled ourself by where these reports came from," said Junko Furuta, a spokeswoman for Toshiba. She added that Toshiba has not made any further announcements about the disc since CES.
When the disc was first announced however, the company did say it wanted to get approval sometime this year. Nevertheless, we apologize for also reporting the inaccurate item.
Source:
Macworld