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Apple Backs Blu-ray

Posted by Hemos on from the beta-vs-vhs dept.

zaxios writes "The New York Times is reporting that Apple has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association, and will use Blu-ray in upcoming versions of iMovie and Final Cut. The move puts Apple among Sony, Matsushita, Dell, HP and Walt Disney in supporting Blu-ray; companies including Toshiba, NEC, Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, Universal and Paramount are pledged to adopt the competing HD-DVD format. Apple's support confirms Blu-ray's future dominance on the desktop, but the division in Hollywood and notebook manufacturers between the two HD videodiscs will ensure the bona fide format war we were all secretly pining for."

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  1. Matsushita. by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple among Sony, Matsushita, Dell, HP and Walt Disney

    For those of you that don't recognize the name "Matsushita", they're probably known to you as Panasonic.