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MGM Purchase Gives Sony An Edge In Disc Format War

Posted by timothy on from the any-color-so-long-as-it's-sony dept.

Grump writes "The New York Times reports: 'The purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a group led by Sony will not only give the company an enormous film library but also considerable power in its fight to set the format for the next generation of digital video discs.' The article goes on to suggest that Sony is gearing up for another Betamax-style failure."

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  1. First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cool.

    1. Re:First post by cybersaga · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And that's gotta be one of the best first posts ever. Entirely off topic.

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    2. Re:First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Bravo! I couldn't have been more offtopic myself!

    3. Re:First post by cybersaga · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      it's amazing the speed at which we got modded down!

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  2. Old approach but still very cool. by pether · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The http://www.kartoo.com has been around for a few years and I still use it from time to time. Just a bit suprised that I haven't seen any other search engines visualize the result and there relations with each other.

    Check it out, way cool :)

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