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Next DVD Format War Still Wide Open

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-to-have-to-buy-fifth-element-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite the wishes of partisan players like Sony and Toshiba, many consumer electronics manufacturers are opting to support both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs in upcoming media players." From the article: "Consumer electronics maker LG Electronics and PC maker Fujitsu-Siemens both said on Thursday they would keep their options open after computer giant Hewlett-Packard said last month it would back HD DVD as well as Blu-ray. Bjorn Sehrm, senior director Digital Home of Fujitsu-Siemens, told Reuters: 'We are planning to put both in. We don't take a stand in that fight, and actually we're very sorry that fight is happening.'

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  1. Re:GOOD! by Kjella · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hated the DVD +/- wars. They were stupid and quite frankly boring to me as a consumer of DVD video.

    And how exactly you needed a burner to use DVD video, particularly considering that there is no download service that let you burn to DVDs, is left as an exercise to the reader... Oh wait. your home vids burned on your DVD+R burner didn't work on your DVD-R player, right?

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  2. Re:Who wins? by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Bozo screams that he won't buy another platform for watching movies - blows smoke about Vista - and says "fuck you".

    Instant +5 Insightful baby!

    He should knock-em dead on Wikipeidia. Zounds! I'm astounded by the blinding insight.

    - oh yes, almost forgot - fuck you. There now I'm fucking Einstein too.
    When did this place devolve to digg? Someone tell me - please.