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Nokia to support Sony/Philips MultiMedia CD Format
June 28, 1995
Nokia Consumer Electronics announced today its decision to endorse the new high-density MultiMedia CD (MMCD) format proposed by Sony Corporation and Philips Electronics NV.
Nokia hopes to utilize MMCD to expand its consumer electronics operations and further its presence in the evolving multimedia age.
MMCD calls for a single-sided compact disc that provides up to 7.4 GB of data capacity in a dual-layer configuration, or 3.7 GB on a single-layer disc. It is fully backward compatible with current CD audio and CD-ROM discs. In addition to its video application, which offers playback of up to 270 minutes of MPEG-2-quality video, the MMCD offers a computer application as a high-density CD-ROM.
"Our decision to support the MMCD format was unanimous," said Dr. Helmut Stein, Vice President, Technology & New Businesses of Nokia Consumer Electronics. "We believe it offers advantages in ease of use, manufacturability and affordability over other proposed disc formats. In addition, its compatibility with existing CD-based discs ensures that our consumers will enjoy the greatest range of benefits that technological advances in digitization offers."
"We believe that Nokia's endorsement is yet another indication of MMCD's suitability for multimedia applications," said Dr. Teruaki Aoki, Director of Sony Corporation. "We hope that MMCD will enable Nokia to apply its expertise in digital technologies and telecommunications to the home electronics market."
"Philips is very happy that Nokia, a major player in the European telecommunications and consumer electronics markets, has decided to back the MMCD format," remarked J. P. Oosterveld, Managing Director of Philips Electronics. "We hope that their decision will add momentum to the growing support MMCD is winning in the consumer electronics, computer and software industries."
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