Panasonic Anticipates Shift to BDs With Rise of HDTV

摘要

Meeting demands associated with the migration of TV broadcasting to digital formats, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) is promoting high-definition (HD)-compatible video recorders. With recording media for home-use video recorders changing from tapes (VHS cassettes) to discs (DVDs, Blu-ray Discs (BDs), HD-DVDs) or hard disc drives and broadcast content shifting from analog to digital HD, user requirements for recorders have also changed dramatically. Furthermore, cultures involving the use of video recorders vary slightly from region to region around the world. Against this backdrop, the recorder industry has come to an important turning point.rnIchiro Kawamura, General Manager, Video Equipment Business Unit, Networks Business Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Co., describes the company's strategies for the global markets.