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JVC Announces New D-VHS "D-Theater"
Software Platform
for HD Prerecorded Content
Option to D-VHS Standard for North American
Market to Include Exclusive Encryption Technology to Protect High
Value Prerecorded Content
Wayne, NJ. -- JVC, the inventor of the VHS
video format and one of the world's leading innovators in audio-visual
consumer electronics, today announced the completion of the D-VHS
D-Theater high definition video prerecorded software platform.
The platform incorporates a new proprietary encryption system
to prevent the unauthorized duplication of high value content.
The system has been added as an option to the D-VHS standard for
products in the North American market.
"D-Theater" Technology Features
The content protection technology incorporated in
the D-Theater software platform further reinforces the existing
D-VHS security system providing significantly stronger levels
of protection against illegal copying of feature films and other
high value content. D-Theater technology will be applicable to
prerecorded HD content. D-Theater high definition software will
be recorded in the D-VHS HS (High Speed data rate) mode. (The
HS mode is the optional mode in the D-VHS format that will allow
HD content recording.)
An advanced proprietary encryption system is employed
to achieve content protection -- tapes with genuine data can only
be created on duplication equipment licensed and approved by JVC.
D-Theater video software, identified by a prominent D-Theater
logo on the packaging, will be playable only on D-VHS video recorders
bearing the same D-Theater logo.
D-Theater compatible D-VHS video recorders will
be fully compatible with conventional recordings made from D-VHS
video recorders in the HS and STD modes, as well as other similarly
equipped modes. JVC believes this new D-Theater prerecorded HD
software platform will pave the way for major studios and other
copyright holders to release prerecorded content based on this
secure platform allowing consumers the full benefits of the digital
and high definition era.
Additionally, since D-VHS allows the recording and
playback of virtually any broadcast source, JVC believes that
the rapid penetration of D-VHS will dramatically quicken the transition
from analog to HD digital in North America.
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