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DVD Truce Between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the put-down-your-guns dept.

An anonymous reader writes " Reuters is reporting that Toshiba and Sony are in talks about reconciling the two next-generation DVD formats. Ideas floated in the article include a unified DVD arch which could use "Blu-ray's disc structure and HD DVD software technology" (Sony's idea) or "HD DVD disc structure and employing Sony's multi-layer data-recording technology" (Toshiba's idea)"

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  1. The age old question. by rmarll · · Score: 4, Funny

    You got your chocolate in my peanutbutter.

    You got your peanutbutter on my chocolate.

  2. FrankenDVD... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    FrankenDVD... it was born on a cold slab of stone, when Drs. Sony and Toshiba concurred. Hundreds knew better, thousands said it was unnatural and against nature, millions didn't care as long as they could watch Star Wars: Episode VII, Revenge of the Return of the Imperial Jedi Sith...

    See villagers...

    See Torches...

    See lightning flash and hear thunder roll...

    See the monster fill a small screen near you

    Scream in terror as you re-purchase all your DVD collection, while in a dark sinister lab, the next format is considered...

    RATED: R

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:FrankenDVD... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      KRYTEN: Frankenstein was the creator, not the monster. It's a common misconception, held by all truly stupid people.

  3. A better idea! by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's have representatives from each side to fight it out to the death! I haven't seen a good death match in a very long time.

  4. This can only mean one thing.. by McNally · · Score: 5, Funny

    This can only mean one thing.. They've decided to join forces against their common enemy -- the consumer..

  5. Sorry, was that rated R+ or R- ? by Myriad · · Score: 4, Funny
    RATED: R

    Sorry, just to clarify... was that R+ or R-?

    Blockwars: Multiplayer Tetris like game

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    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
  6. Re:Does format matter? by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't you people know anything?

    The "hard drive" is the big metal boxy thing that sits on or under your desk and you plug your keyboard and mouse and TV into it.

    It also goes by the names "CPU", "processor", "modem", "computer", "box", and "thingy". They all mean the same thing.