The Versatile MultiLayer Disc -- Yet another competitor for Blu-ray and HD-DVD

As if anyone needed yet another high-capacity optical disc format to contend with, a company called New Medium Enterprises has been showing of their new 20GB high-definition Versatile MultiLayer Disc, saying that they'll have drives and up to 30GB VMDs ready by Fall of next year. It's hard to see VMD catching on given the complete lack of support from any major manufacturers or any movie studios (which the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps are each trying to convince to release high-def movies in their disc format), but the fact that VMD uses a red laser rather than a blue laser does it mean it'd be easier for factories pumping out DVDs and DVD players to switch over. They just probably won't.