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Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2007 6:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked...   Read full story »

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