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January 6, 2005

DVD Foreshadowing

Infoworld: HP, Panasonic to support each other's DVD technology

Many articles about HD-DVD and Blu-Ray have compared them to Beta vs. VHS, but that's not accurate. Beta and VHS were so physically different that consumers had to choose one or the other. However, since the competing next-gen DVD formats differ logically instead of physically, I think we'll be seeing a detente similar to the one in the linked article very soon after the first HD-DVD and Blu-Ray titles are released. It's already happened with SACD and DVD-Audio; I specifically picked the Pioneer DVD player I bought because it supported both formats. I suspect the same will happen with the next generation of DVD players.

Posted by Alex Harden on January 6, 2005 8:57 PM |

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Sorta like the whole DVD±R debate - everyone hedged their bets waiting for one recordable format to win, until Sony came out with the first dual-format recordable. Now, DVD burners are as ubiquitous as CD burners were 18 months ago.

Posted by: Don | January 7, 2005 9:49 AM

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