[opendtv] Format Wars, Episode II: The DVD / Competing visions of high-definition viewing head for a showdown on store shelves.

Format Wars, Episode II: The DVD
Competing visions of high-definition viewing head for a showdown on 
store shelves.

By Alex Pham and Jon Healey
Times Staff Writers

June 26, 2005

Movie buffs, brace yourselves for another round of Betamax versus VHS.

Two decades after the competing video formats battled for space in 
American living rooms, a new war is looming between two incompatible 
types of high-definition video discs scheduled to hit the market 
later this year.

One, called HD DVD, is the official choice of the group that backs 
conventional DVDs. The other, called Blu-ray, is spearheaded by more 
than a dozen big-name consumer-electronics and high-tech companies.

The two camps are trying to strike a last-minute deal and agree on 
common technical standards.

But with the first devices and discs slated to hit stores this 
Christmas, the window for an agreement is closing fast.

In addition to the money and egos involved, the physical differences 
in the two disc formats are keeping the two sides far apart.

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dvdwar26jun26,0,4823232.story

 
 
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