The DVD Forum held their 35th Steering Committee meeting earlier this week. Among other things, the group approved the specifications for DVD-RW DL media. Here are some of the highlights from the meeting:
Approval of "DVD Specifications for Recordable Disc for Dual Layer (DVD-R for DL) File System Specifications, Version 3.0"
Approval of "Inclusion of 44.1kHz audio family into HD DVD-Video as mandatory"
Approval of "DVD Specifications for Re-recordable Disc for Dual Layer (DVD-RW for DL) Physical Specifications, Version 2.0"
Approval of "Version-up Information for the following Specifications: -DVD Specifications for High Density Rewritable Disc (HD DVD-RAM) Physical Specifications (Version 1.0 to 1.1) -DVD Specifications for High Density Recordable Disc (HD DVD-R) Physical Specifications (Version 1.0 to 1.1) -DVD Specifications for High Density Recordable Disc for Dual Layer (HD DVD-R for DL) Physical Specifications (Version 2.0 to 2.1) -DVD Specifications for High Density Re-recordable Disc (HD DVD-RW) Physical Specifications (Version 1.0 to 1.1) -DVD Specifications for High Density Re-recordable Disc for Dual Layer (HD DVD-RW for DL) Physical Specifications (Version 2.0 to 2.1) "
Approval of "The following conceptual proposals: -HD DVD application format (HD DVD-Video/Video Recording) recording on red laser DVD recordable media -Red laser recording function: Type 1 & 2 (provisional approval and details including physical specifications will be decided for Type 2 later) -Creation of format specifications by related WGs (WG-1, 3, 5, 6 and 9)"
Some of the proposals are interesting. In particular the ability to record HD DVD video content onto standard DVD media. If you'd like to read more, the Steering Committee's entire list of resolutions can be found here.
