The DVD+RW Alliance is a group of electronic hardware, optical storage and software manufacturers who created and promote a format standard of recordable and rewritable DVDs, known as the "plus" format. As of 2004, plus format DVDs come in three forms: DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL. Electronics is the study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A DVD+R disc The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

Mission of the Alliance

The Alliance seeks to develop and promote a format of rewritable DVDs that is universally compatible with both DVD drives in personal computers (PCs) and standalone consumer products (i.e., DVD players and DVD recorders) to allow a greater convergence in function between the two. the internals of a DVD player A DVD player is a device for playing video DVDs. ... A DVD recorder is a consumer electronics device that records analog or digital audio/visual (A/V) signals in a digital format onto a digital video disc (DVD). ...

Work of the Alliance

The Alliance has two major working groups. The DVD+RW Product Promotions Group is responsible for the promotion work of the Alliance for the plus format and plus format products. The DVD+RW Compatibility and Convergence Group is responsible for working on the technical issues involved in the compatibility between the various hardware products using the plus format. Promotion is one of the four aspects of marketing. ...

Alliance leaders

Eight companies form the leadership of the Alliance:

• Dell Computer Corp.
• HP (Hewlett-Packard Co.)
• Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.
• Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
• Ricoh Company, Ltd.
• Sony Corp.
• Thomson SA (RCA)
• Yamaha Corp.

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Rival formats

Competing format standards promoted by the rival DVD Forum are the "dash" format (DVD-R and DVD-RW) and the DVD-RAM format. Alliance leaders Philips, Sony and Thomson were also founding members of the DVD Forum, established earlier in 1995. As of 2004, both plus and dash formats seem equally popular with consumers, and both are compatible with the vast majority of DVD players. The DVD Forum is an international organization composed primarily of hardware and software companies that use and develop the DVD format. ... A DVD+R disc The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... You can recognize a DVD-RAM immediately because visually there are lots of little rectangles distributed on the surface of the data carrier. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• DVD+RW Alliance home page (http://www.dvdrw.com/)
• DVDplusRW.org (an unofficial plus format website) (http://www.dvdplusrw.org/)