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Sony, Matsushita and Sharp to launch Blu-ray Disc Camcorders in 2005Firms that are supporting one of the next-generation optical DVD formats, the Blu-ray Disc, plan to release camcorders that record on smaller versions of the discs as early as 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, without citing sources.
Sony Corp, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd and Sharp Corp plan to develop smaller, 8-cm discs for recording, that are 4 cms smaller than current Blue-ray discs, the report said.
The firms also plan to introduce camcorders that use these smaller discs, which will have a capacity of about 15GB, 40 pct less than standard Blue-ray discs, with prices about triple the price of normal camcorders, the report said.
Firms backing the Blu-ray format have been competing with the other next-generation DVD format, HD-DVD, which is supported by such companies as NEC Corp and Toshiba Corp.
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