End of the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Format War?

Posted by kdawson on Thursday January 4, 2007 @06:14AM from the two-in-one dept.

Next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas should shake up the format war. The NYTimes reports that Warner Brothers will announce the Total HD disc that can store both Blu-ray and HD-DVD content. The article also mentions that LG (along with "possibly other gadget makers") is expected to announce a player that can play both formats. According to Yahoo, LG has not announced pricing, but the Times notes that such dual-format devices are bound to cost more than existing players. And the Times outlines the many considerations that would come into play before studios decide to release their content in both formats on a single disc.

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Death To Discs by kodec · 2007-01-04 06:48 · Score: 0, Troll

Disc-based media needs to be retired. These companies should all have pursued the creation of direct download services where they compete to acquire the rights from movie studios to offer their films to consumers for download to universal players with built-in hard drives.

Let me guess what's holding that up... copy protection?