DCA and Cinram-Olyphant Manufacture in USA the First Fully Playable HD-DVD
Disc
Cushing, Oklahoma (November 19, 2003)
Drawing on the advanced optical media expertise of the Cinram-Olyphant HD-DVD
development team and DCA’s Genesys Signal Generator, DCA and Cinram announce the
production of fully playable HD-DVD discs in compliance with the HD-DVD
specification. These HD-DVD discs are the first playable discs manufactured in
the USA. Jim Musto, DVD Preproduction Process Engineer says, the joint
effort between DCA and Cinram has allowed us to produce playable discs utilizing
all of our current equipment from Mastering, Electroforming, and molding. The
DCA Genesys System has been the core product allowing us to make these advances
with its ability to produce any format we choose and adapt and overcome the
challenges these formats present to us. These discs not only play in a
prototype player but surpass all 0.9 HD-DVD specifications, which can be
considered an accomplishment in itself at this early stage of development.
As previously described in May 6 press release (WAMO Produces HD-DVD Discs with
DCA’s Genesys System), DCA’s Genesys Signal Generator is a flexible, powerful
product for rapid format and write strategy development. On April 23rd,
the initial HD-DVD prototype discs validating error rates and S/N ratio were
presented at the WG11 meeting held in Japan. Only six months later, fully
playable HD-DVD discs have been mastered and replicated.
Cinram-Olyphant’s production of HD-DVD discs with existing LBR and replication
technology proves that HD-DVD can be manufactured today without overhauling
existing equipment and processes. We found the DCA Genesys system to be
flexible and functional for development of a mastering process when the format
is not yet finalized, says Dominick DallaVerde, Senior Director Preproduction,
Cinram-Olyphant. Of particular note were the powerful write strategy
capabilities as well as an excellent output signal quality. One feature that
stands out is that as the format progresses and changes, the Genesys system has
quickly adapted to follow the changes.
