TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28,
1999--The DVD Forum today announced that it will start
verification services for products based on the DVD-Audio format
at some of its authorized DVD Format Verification Laboratories
from September 1999.
Format verification is conducted
to establish the conformity of DVD products with DVD formats
created by the DVD Forum, and allows manufacturers of successfully
tested products to use DVD logos as proof of conformity. Under the
Format and Logo License agreement with the DVD Forum, manufactures
of DVD products are required to receive verification for their
first production models at the authorized Verification
Laboratories, in order to assure compatibility among DVD
players/drives and discs in the marketplace.
In addition to the existing
formats of DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM and DVD-R, the DVD Forum
will offer verification services for the newly-established
DVD-Audio format at its authorized laboratories at Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Pioneer Corporation, Sony
Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, and Warner Advanced Media
Operations. Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC), which is a
core member of the DVD Forum, is also setting up a laboratory to
start DVD-Audio verification in September, upon authorization by
the DVD Forum.
These laboratories will be
equipped with verifiers that verify the logical format of the
DVD-Audio discs, and supplemental test players for checking disc
playability. The labs will also provide reference test discs for
DVD-Audio players to check audio still video, audio title set,
video title set, navigation command and Packed PCM, so as to
assure compatibility among DVD-Audio products in the market.
The DVD-Audio format was
established by the DVD Forum in February 1999, and its Format Book
was issued in April. The verification service for this new format
is expected to provide a solid foundation for the launch of
DVD-Audio and to support the fast acceptance and wide spread of
the new technology in the market.
Since November 1996, the DVD Forum
has set up eight authorized Verification Laboratories worldwide.
The labs support the manufacturing of DVD-compliant equipment and
discs through the development and distribution of verification
tools and test specifications, format verification services,
market monitoring, investigation and analysis of market claims,
and distribution of Format Verification News via the DVD Forum web
site.
DVD-Audio Verification
Laboratories
-- Matsushita (DVD Verification Lab.)FAX: 81-6-6909-5027
-- Pioneer (DVD Verification Lab.) FAX: 81-429-43-0395
-- Sony (DVD Verification Lab.) FAX: 81-3-5769-5890
-- Toshiba (DVD Verification Lab.) FAX: 81-3-5444-9430
-- Warner Advanced Media Operations (DVD Format
Verification Services)FAX: 717/383-0328
Contact:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Corporate Public Relations Division, 81-6-6908-0447
Fax: 81-6-6907-2013
or
Pioneer Corporation
Corporate Communications Division, 81-3-3495-9885
Fax: 81-3-3495-4301
or
Sony Corporation
Public Relations Division, 81-3-5448-2200
Fax: 81-3-5448-3061
or
Toshiba Corporation
Corporate Communications Office, 81-3-3457-2105
Fax: 81-3-5444-9402
or
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC)
Public Relations Department, 81-45-450-1489
Fax: 81-45-450-1498
or
Warner Advanced Media Operations
Multimedia Center, 570/383-3568
Fax: 570/383-7487
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