DVD + RW Alliance

The DVD + RW Alliance is an industry consortium which affordable alternatives to the then little expensive recordable DVD formats DVD-R and DVD-RW of the DVD Forum wanted to offer and therefore the alternative formats DVD + R and DVD + RW , developed and promoted. The two alternative formats DVD + R and DVD + RW are also known as plus formats.

meaning

In the meantime, prices have been adjusted, with the vast majority of manufacturers offering both DVD-R (W) and DVD + R (W) media at the same price. The two formats share the market for recordable DVDs without any clear favorite being recognized. For the consumer, the distinction between the minus and plus formats is mostly irrelevant, because modern DVD devices read both DVD versions and only very few devices can only write DVD-R (W). With regard to the licensing costs for manufacturers to use the various DVD standards, the alternative formats resulted in more appropriate licensing conditions.

In contrast to the DVD Forum , the DVD + RW Alliance is not developing its own DVD successor, so this organization will drastically lose importance in the next few years.

Members

The DVD + RW Alliance consists of the following leading members:

• Dell
• HP
• Mitsubishi Chemical
• Philips Electronics
• Ricoh
• Sony
• Thomson
• Yamaha

There are also over a hundred supporting members such as software manufacturers.

organization

The DVD + RW Alliance consists of two sub-organizations:

• The DVD + RW Compatibility and Convergence Group (DCCG) and
• the DVD + RW Products Promotion Group (DPPG)

The DPPG and DCCG each have a board and sub-organizations for certain continents such as the USA and Europe.

Web links

• DVD + RW Alliance. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010 (English, official homepage). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alliance Structure. December 2004, archived from the original on June 12, 2009 ; accessed December 2004 .