Japan Electronics Industry Association said to abandon the development of a unified DVD format

Xinhuanet.com Tokyo March 24th - according to Japan's Jiji news agency reported that Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) said on the 23, the Japanese electronics industry has to abandon the development of a unified format for the next generation of DVD efforts.

President of the association, Toshiba Co chairman Okamura is on the same day at a news conference that the Japanese electronics industry will not Blu ray (Blu-ray Disc) and high definition (High-Definition) DVD the two major formats of unity, because the two camps manufacturers will soon launch new products using its own format. Okamura Masa said that consumers can choose to use their own products.

Sony Corp and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., and other advocates of the next generation of DVD Blu ray disc, and advocated the use of high-definition DVD format led by Toshiba Co.