November 1 — Sony announces the development of Ultra Density optical (UDO), a blue-laser optical disc format proposed to replace magneto-optical discs.

11月1日—Sony宣布开发超密度光盘(udo)，一种欲取代磁-光盘的蓝光光盘格式。

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Sony Corp. showed its fall lineup of Blu-ray disc players and recorders as it prepared for its first holiday season after winning a format battle against HD-DVD.

索尼公司(Sony Corp .)展示了秋季蓝光产品系列，其中包括蓝光光盘播放器及刻录机。这也是该公司为赢得DVD格式之争后的第一个假期销售季所做的准备。

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Another is the end of the format-replacement cycle: once you have a DVD of “Casablanca” you don't need another one—and you probably won't buy a high-definition Blu-ray disc, either.

盗版是罪魁祸首之一，另一个原因则是美国人不再购买一张影碟来代替之前的一张：一旦有了一张《卡萨布兰卡》的DVD，就不需要再买一张了——也许也不会再买一张高清蓝光版本的。

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That was then burned to either a DVD disc or a VCD disc, a CD format popular in Asia but which has never really taken root in the U.S. From there it was uploaded to the Internet, where it was promulgated.

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Nine consumer electronics firm agreed in February to standardize and promote a new format called "Blu-ray Disc" that uses a shortwave blue-violet laser to read more than two hours of high-definition content stored on a DVD-size platter.

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But Verbatim claims the 4420 will completely format a 650MB CD-RW disc in less than 30 seconds.

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