Toshiba Says Unified DVD Format Could be a Problem

daRk_heLmet · May 16, 2005, 05:54 PM

Toshiba's top negotiator Yoshihide Fujii told the Nihon Keizai newspaper that, "(Unifying the formats based on Sony technology) would be extremely difficult at this stage." Sony Corp, the backer of Blue-ray and Toshiba Corp. the creator of the HD DVD format have been in talks to attempt to unify the two formats before production starts. Talks between the two leading companies backing the next-generation DVD formats have stalled.

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studbagel9 · May 16, 2005, 07:42 PM

GAH. This isn't good news...

May 16, 2005, 05:54 PM	#1
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May 16, 2005, 07:42 PM	#2
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	GAH. This isn't good news... __________________