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Sony, Matsushita set to battle over Audio DVD

Posted by Hemos on from the VHS-beta-part-deux dept.

Some of us might remember that wonderful battle fought before between Matsushita and Sony, over two formats called VHS and Beta. Well, the titans are at it again, this time over the new audio format for audio. Matsushita, along with people like Toshiba, BMG, Warner and Universal, are set to fight with Sony and Philips. Matsushita is a proponent of audio DVD, while Sony is pushing their own Super Audio Format.

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  1. real comment. by IntlHarvester · · Score: 3


    With DVD players at about $200 (compared to $100 for a standard CD player), it would seem like DVD Audio is inevitable.

    I doubt there's going to be many 6.5 hour albumns. More like the standard 45 minutes plus a few music videos or something.
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  2. Predictions... by IntlHarvester · · Score: 3


    You are correct. These guys fought for years over what became the original DVD spec, and are also fighting over DVD-RW.

    The interesting thing about the DVD fight is that the format was redesigned in the process from "VHS Quality" to something considerably better.
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