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vee_ess
05-09-2005, 09:15 PM
"Sony, Toshiba to agree on new DVD format -paper
Mon May 9, 2005 05:25 PM ET

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote (http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=6758.T&target=%2fstocks%2fquickinfo%2ffullquote), Profile (http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockOverview.aspx?ticker=6758.T&target=%2fstocks%2fquickinfo%2fstockoverview), Research (http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockReports.aspx?ticker=6758.T)) and Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote (http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=6502.T&target=%2fstocks%2fquickinfo%2ffullquote), Profile (http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockOverview.aspx?ticker=6502.T&target=%2fstocks%2fquickinfo%2fstockoverview), Research (http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockReports.aspx?ticker=6502.T)) are close to finalizing a plan to develop a common standard for next-generation DVDs to resolve a three-year-long battle over formats that threatened the industry's growth, a Japanese newspaper reported on Monday."

This is definately one of the most important decisions made so far in this decade. Basically, the Blu-Ray disc will be used with the Toshiba (a primary supporter of HD DVD) software technologies.

Tyler
05-10-2005, 12:38 AM
It's about damn time!

Jason425
05-10-2005, 12:49 AM
I hate sony but I hate toshiba and the name/technology behind hd-dvd... so I kind of ignored it...

Copy-protection is the enemy! :)

Tyler
05-10-2005, 04:15 PM
http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V53T4D5ZQTJGMQSNDBESKHA?articleID=163100509