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Studios Face Off in Next-Gen DVD Format War

Posted by michael on Thursday December 9, 2004 @03:12AM from the early-adopters-get-burned dept.

WaZiX writes "After yesterday's HD-DVD strike, the Blu-Ray Disc format received support from Disney (and its Buena Vista Home Entertainment unit) as reported by ZDNET. As predicted, the format war has only just begun."

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Disney backed DivX, too by YetAnotherName · 2004-12-09 03:27 · Score: 1, Redundant

and I don't mean the codec, but the ill-conceived "pay to watch a disc you also purchase on a player you purchase too" concept that didn't last 9 months. If there's a format war, I'm not exactly sure what the Disney company's clout will buy.