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Sony unveils 'Blu-ray Disc' optical disk recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said March 3 it will start marketing on April 10 an ultra-large-memory ''Blu-ray Disc'' video recorder-player (in photo) combining optical disk and blue laser technologies. The Blu-ray Disc provides 23 gigabyte storage memory capacity -- five times that of DVD.

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Sharp, Sony devise new MO disk

OSAKA, Japan - A handout photo shows a new magneto-optical (MO) disk jointly developed by Sharp Corp. and Sony Corp. The new disk, 0.5 millimeter thick and 5 centimeters in diameter, is smaller than a mini disk (MD) but can store 1 gigabyte of information when a red laser is used, seven times the storage capacity of MDs, the two companies said. Sharp said March 23 it plans to release a digital video camera using the new disk by spring 2001.

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Sony unveils 'Blu-ray Disc' optical disk recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said March 3 it will start marketing on April 10 an ultra-large-memory ''Blu-ray Disc'' video recorder-player (in photo) combining optical disk and blue laser technologies. The Blu-ray Disc provides 23 gigabyte storage memory capacity -- five times that of DVD. (Kyodo)