Saturday, December 17, 2005

HP gets behind Toshiba's HD-DVD format

Hewlett-Packard, the 2nd biggest US computer maker, has announced that it will abandon its exclusive support for Sony’s Blu-Ray next-generation format for digital video discs and move to embrace Toshiba’s competing HD-DVD format as well.

Interesting that technology companies are swinging behind Toshiba's format while Sony seems to just have the upper hand with the movie studios. I was starting to believe that Sony's Blu-Ray had won the day - but it looks like the two are going to slug it out next year after all. Shame, a real fight between Sony and Toshiba for next generation DVD is only bad for consumers.

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