Third HD standard gets an outing - HD-FVD
 

BOTH TAIWAN AND CHINA want their own HD standards, and the common denominator between their competing standards is the fact that they're more aggressive on the processing side, than on the capacity of the physical medium. Both EVD and HD-FVD are relying on red laser, rather than using the more expensive and less available blue laser.

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