While HD DVD and Blue Ray continue to garner large amounts of media coverage and industry hype, the DVD-RAM format moves forward quietly under the radar. Though not a direct competitor to the so called blue ray technologies, DVD-RAM is gaining traction in the United States with more hardware support and continues to be a viable optical storage medium, Tony Jasionowski, executive director of the RAMPRG, told DMN in an interview today.

"We would like to see more RAM support in the hardware and that is actually happening." There is no doubt that HD DVD and Blue Ray technologies are currently getting most of the hype when it comes to optical storage. However because these technologies don't necessarily compete with DVD RAM, the market is still viable for DVD RAM products to continue coming onto store shelves, be it for DVD recorders or PC DVD recorders .

Read more about predictions related to the DVD-RAM media in 2006 at http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=37541.