BizTrend: Makers battle for dominance in digital appliance markets.

TOKYO, Oct 14 Kyodo

Japanese electronics makers are engaged in a battle for shares of the of recent origin markets for digital home appliances, similar as next-generation DVDs and cutting-edge television displays, aware that the winners in the initial stages will likely remain dominant.

Manufacturers including Sharp Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co showed not upon their latest technologies earlier this month at Ceatec Japan 2004 individual of the biggest digital consumer electronics exhibitions in Asia, which was held in Chiba, east of Tokyo, end Oct. 9.

''Our biggest sales point is the capacity of recording more data'' than conventional devices,