Download - HDTV Magazine

Media Center in the PC because as mentioned above the format uses its own content
protection system, no DRM.
There are 29 companies and ITRI in the AOSRA (Taiwan Advanced Optical Storage
Research Alliance), an organization founded in January 2002.
There are several FVD disc producers like RiTek Corporation, Prodisc Technology
Inc., U-Tech Media Corporation, Leaddata,
Infodisc, Giga Storage, Optodisc, Nan-Ya, and
CMC Magnetics Co. (their discs are pictured
above on the left). Players are being
manufactured by TATUNG, BenQ, LITE-ON,
Actima, Mustek, PROTOP, Arima, MSI, QSINC,
Ultima, and A-DATA. Chip-set manufacturers
include VOS, ALI, MTK, SUNPLUS, and
CHEERTEK. Video software content includes
Newsoft, Deltamac, and Cine-Asia
Entertainment.
In addition to the existing titles, and WM9, fourteen FVD films were planned to be
released soon: Air Panic, Avalanche, City of Fear, Death Train, Edges of the Lord,
The Order, Us Seals, The Confession, Earthquake, Fire, Volcano, A Wobot Christmas,
The Opponent, Diary of a City Priest, Buried Lies, Combustion, Malie.
FVD was introduced on April 5, 2004 in Taipei Taiwan. The first FVD players were
made available in May 2005 for $175 with 10 free movies in Taiwan.
With a sales promotion in Europe and the US, the global volume was estimated to
reach 100,000 players in 2005, 3 million in 2006, and 5 million in 2007. Later,
Taiwan’s Kolin offered in November 2005 an initial sales promotion period for their
first KVD-1080 player with an HDMI cable included, and three 1080i FVD movie
discs, all for $240.
Content is available mainly from independent studios but the alliance is doing efforts
to expand to 100 the initial offering of titles by including other major studios.
Idar Electronics Co. below
281