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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. Are the sharks (or snakes) missing? by DAldredge · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Has anyone checked to see if any sharks and/or snakes are missing?

  2. The blues by MECC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sounds like BlueRay has a bad case of the blues...

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