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Waiting for working high definition DVDs? Holding breath not advised.
28 March 2006
Posted by LC
The next generation high definition DVD format war: Blu-ray versus HD-DVD - it's going to be like VHS versus Betamax all over again. Only this time round it's a bit more complicated and there are going to be a lot more confused and frustrated consumers. For a start, although the formats are incompatible the disks look pretty much identical and as if that's not going to cause enough confusion, it turns out that most of the high definition TVs already on the market will not be fully compatible with either format. And then there's the whole DRM issue, trying to get your head around that is like opening a can of worms whilst sitting in a nest of vipers.
Business Week has the full story, and it's not pretty.
Business Week has the full story, and it's not pretty.
# posted by LC at 10:30 AM 
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