It appears that not only the Blu-ray Alliance has problems with the components supply, but also the main HD DVD backer - Toshiba. The company just announced that it will delay the launch of its high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format to July 27, informs Cnet.

But the problems will be solved in a short notice, as the issues are related strictly to the supply of components, and not to a bug occurred in the software or a malfunction in the production processes.

Just two days ago, the media found out, from some reports, that the Blu-ray Aliance encounters several troubles while developing Blu-ray compliant devices. More precisely, there are two reports. One presented by Taipei Times, which says that the Blu-ray backers will launch their players next year in January, and the other one, made public by Commercial Times, which speaks about a laser diode shortage that will determine a serious delay of the Blu-ray disc burners' launches.

The second report, the most important in fact, shows that most of the Optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers are already delaying the launch of their announced Blu-ray products due to a laser diode shortage. The crisis was determined by the small number of suppliers - only two - Sony and Nichia, and by the PlayStation 3 which is due for launch in November and the mass production necessitates most of the manufacturer's laser diode.

At this moment, Sony is the main supplier of laser diodes for Royal Philips Electronics, BenQ and Lite-on IT.