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Laser Shortage to Stall High-Def Disc War?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the supply-and-demand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DigiTimes reports that several major vendors, including Sony and Matsushita, have suspended shipments of the blue laser diodes that drive both high-def disc formats. The rumored laser shortage could result in shipment delays for new models of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and drives past the upcoming holiday season, cooling the next-gen DVD format war until 2007."

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  1. meanwhile... by legoburner · · Score: 5, Funny

    meanwhile somewhere on the outskirts of Tokyo, the head of Microsoft's XBOX division and the head of Nintendo's Wii division are shaking hands whilst laughing as their lackeys bolt the doors on a warehouse full to the roof with blue laser diodes.

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  2. just in time by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rumored laser shortage could result in shipment delays for new models of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and drives past the upcoming holiday season, cooling the next-gen DVD format war until 2007.

    Great! That's just in time for me to NOT BUY ONE.

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  3. Re:Animal Cruelty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have had ENOUGH of these motherfucking lasers on these motherfucking sharks!