Toshiba HD DVD AACS player. Delayed licensing issues

Toshiba (Toshiba) said recently that will delay the launch in Japan HD DVD player. Toshiba explained mainly because it can not get the advanced access content system (AACS), the copyright protection technology licensing.

DVD alliance has actually been using AACS rights management system, it is one of the main parts of the HD DVD format. Toshiba said in a statement, Toshiba's plan is to wait until after the AACS officially launched its HD DVD products.

Earlier, Toshiba plans to catch the Blu ray player (Blu-ray Disc player) at the end of 2005 before the launch of HD DVD player. But in September it announced that it would delay the launch of HD DVD in the United States until 2006.

In 2005 July, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, SONY, Toshiba, Matsushita electronics, Disney and Time Warner Bros. set up a AACS authorization management organization (AACS LA), with the development of the copyright protection technology AACS. AACS LA announced the completion of the 0.9 version of the technology.

Toshiba said it has completed the design for the United States and Japan market HD DVD player, and has good production in its Japanese factories for.