James Delahunty
10 Sep 2007 19:50
According to an article posted on Screen Digest, the DVD Forum has approved a 51GB HD DVD disc. The disc, which consists of three layers of 17GB each, was reportedly approved for production by the DVD Forum on August 31st. The extension to the HD DVD standard was submitted to the DVD Forum back in April of this year.
The HD DVD group has not proved the technical feasibility of the disc and there are no details on whether any currently available HD DVD hardware is "triple-layer-ready". A rumor that has been around for months claims that many HD DVD players available will be able to play the triple layer disc after a firmware update, but the group has not commented.
Toshiba had talked about a triple layer 45GB disc back in May 2005, but by pushing capacity to 51GB the group may aim to get it out while Blu-ray dual-layer discs offer 50GB capacity. Of course, Blu-ray is not "stuck" at 50GB just as HD DVD is not stuck with 30GB.
We will post an update if there is confirmation or denial of the report.
Source:
Screen Digest