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The 39th RWPPI General Meeting was held (2006/10/20)
Main topics: Copyrights Information Update; New standard for DVD-RW / DVD-R; New Products Introduction (Sony, Pioneer); and a Special Lecture by Mr. Fujimoto of the Japan Audio Society (JAS). |
The 39th RWPPI General Meeting was held on October 20, 2006 at the head office of Pioneer Corporation in Meguro (Tokyo).
The meeting started with the brief speech by the Representative, Mr. Aizawa who stressed: "Aside from the steady increase of DVD recorders in the market, new specification by the DVD Forum are created, such as the DVD-RW / DVD-R Dual Layer discs. With a multitude of products yet to come for the future market, the emphasis placed on the role of RWPPI's Round Robin Tests is of ever greater importance."
After this speech, he introduced Mr. Masami Morishita as the new RWPPI Secretary General to continue all activities as before. |
Representative
Mr. Aizawa
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New RWPPI Secretary General
Mr. Masami Morishita
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Pioneer Corporation
Ms. Naomi Aoki |
Following the opening speech, Ms. Naomi Aoki of the Standards & Copyright Management Center, Research & Development Group of Pioneer Corporation presented the Copyright Update Information. Currently a copyright-related subcommittee under the Council for Cultural Affairs (an advisory body within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), one of whose member is JEITA , is discussing restructuring of the scheme of Remuneration for Audio/Video Home Recording on which her report was made. The Remuneration for Audio/Video Home Recording was introduced in 1992, but with the flow of changing times, it faces expanding structural problems with its current construction., The above Council has targeted to complete its report to the Ministry by the end of 2007. Follow-up on the intermediate progression and future trends related to this matter will be introduced when new information becomes available. |
Next, the new standard centered on DVD-RW / DVD-R Dual Layer (DL) was introduced by Mr. Taniguchi of the Home System Development Center, Pioneer Corporation (DVD Forum WG6 Chair).
Of the new standards this time by the DVD Forum WG6, the DVD-RW DL 2x-speed was approved in September, and the DVD-R DL 10x 12x is expected to be approved by November this year. With larger storage capacity of the DL, better high quality images and longer recording time can be achieved, where applications for future recorders, camcorders, and writers may be expected. |
Pioneer Corporation
Mr. Shoji Taniguchi
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Next, new DVD recorders expected for release this fall were introduced by 2 companies: Pioneer Corporation (Mr. Miyazaki) and Sony Corporation (Mr. Kinoshita). Mr. Miyazaki of Pioneer introduced the addable HDD to cope with the times for "Hi-Vision and Large Storage Recording," and the ultimate new smart remote control pursuing concept for easily operation. Mr. Kinoshita of Sony Corporation introduced the simultaneous dual program recording of Digital Terrestrial and Analog programs, instant program search, and digital camera picture features. Both recorders demonstrated unique and interesting demonstrations of their features.
At the end, the special lecture by Mr. Fujimoto, Executive Managing Director of the Japan Audio Society (JAS) presented his passionate thoughts on the topic "Let's Activate An Audio Business." During his times with Japan Victor Company of Japan, Limited, he worked on the development of the digital audio system, and participated in the construction of their Aoyama Studio, possessing profound knowledge in the fields related to both hardware and software. He concluded his lecture saying: "Although the audio market has downsized to half it's peak times, we can finally see some come-back nowadays. From now and the future, for the industry to provide touching music to the soul, I would like for all of us to work in unison to re-vamp the audio market, where the JAS will make major efforts to support this endeavor."
Japan Audio Society (JAS)
Senior Director
Mr. Masahiro Fujimoto
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