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  • January 2008

    • Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War

      DailyTech  |  Jan 17, 08 6:01 PM CST

      Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War

      (Newser) - The adult film industry cast a deciding vote in the VHS/Betamax tape format wars of the ‘80s, and porn may yet influence the hi-def contest between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, Daily Tech writes. But currently the industry is split between the popular view that the U.S. film industry is shifting toward a Blu-Ray, and the economic advantages they still find in HD DVD. More »

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      movie  • pornography  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba

    • Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

      MarketWatch  |  Jan 14, 08 4:10 PM CST

      Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

      (Newser) - Toshiba is stepping up efforts to keep HD DVD a contender in the battle between high-def formats, the company said today. Toshiba will cut prices and increase advertising, reports MarketWatch. It's battling rival Sony’s Blu-ray technology, which doubled HD DVD's US sales last year and scored a major win recently when Warner Bros. said it would go exclusively Blu-ray. More »

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      Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • high definition

    • Is the Xbox 360 Going Blu?

      Reuters  |  Jan 9, 08 7:29 AM CST

      Is the Xbox 360 Going Blu?

      (Newser) - Microsoft could be changing roles in the HD wars, as the corporation may consider switching from Toshiba's HD-DVD players to rival Sony's Blu-ray technology in the Xbox 360 if the warning signs of HD-DVD's demise prove true, reports Reuters . The announcement comes in the wake of Warner Bros. last week announcing plans to drop HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray.  More »

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      Microsoft  • Sony  • Xbox 360  • HD DVD  • PlayStation 3  • Blu ray

    • HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

      Reuters  |  Jan 7, 08 6:24 AM CST

      HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

      (Newser) - Toshiba executives claim the company's HD DVD platform hasn't yet lost the heated format war, despite the recent announcement from Warner Bros. that the studio will release film titles exclusively in the rival Blu-Ray format. Backers of the HD DVD format will exhibit their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show. More »

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      HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Consumer Electronics Show  • Toshiba

    • Warner Bros. Backs Blu-Ray

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 5, 08 6:59 AM CST

      Warner Bros. Backs Blu-Ray

      (Newser) - Warner Bros. will release new high-def films exclusively in Blu-ray format, the Wall Street Journal reports. The decision marks a major setback for the embattled rival HD DVD format—now adopted by only two studios, Universal and Paramount—and could be a tipping point in the ongoing format war that has discouraged consumers from buying high-def discs. Sony, Disney, and Fox are also committed to Blu-ray. More »

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      Warner Brothers  • HD DVD  • Universal Studios  • Blu ray  • Paramount

  • December 2007

    • DRM Pirates Get Help From Caribbean

      Techdirt  |  Dec 1, 07 12:22 PM CST

      DRM Pirates Get Help From Caribbean

      (Newser) - Digital rights management technologies are doing more for the profits of software companies than the copyright holders they're supposed to protect, Techdirt reports. The new AACS system was meant to stop HD-DVD or Blu-Ray players from showing protected disks, but hackers easily beat it. Overseas companies are now getting rich selling software to beat the system. More »

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      software  • copyright  • hackers  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • DRM  • DVD piracy  • digital rights management

  • November 2007

    • Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 23, 07 10:45 AM CST

      Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

      (Newser) - Sales of high-definition DVD players have been languishing because customers were unwilling to choose one of the two competing formats—Blu-ray or HD DVD. But this holiday season may change that, with retailers dropping prices from upward of $400 to under $200, reports the Wall Street Journal . And Wal-Mart fueld the nascent  price war by offering an older model of a Toshiba player for under $98.89. More »

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      Microsoft  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • Panasonic

    • Format War Slams HD Forums

      CNET  |  Nov 8, 07 2:07 AM CST

      Format War Slams HD Forums

      (Newser) - The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray has apparently gotten personal. News.com reports that the AVS Forum—normally a place for top notch audio/visual discussion—has shut down its HD DVD and Blu-ray forums until the end of the week due to intolerable flame wars between fans of the formats, with some escalating to near-physical levels. More »

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      HD DVD  • Blu ray

  • September 2007

    • DVD Format War Has 18 Months to Go

      Reuters  |  Sep 25, 07 3:11 PM CDT

      DVD Format War Has 18 Months to Go

      (Newser) - Blu-ray and HD DVD’s battle to be the lone next-generation DVD format will rage on another 18 months, says a Forrester Research analyst. Consumers, wary of buying another Betamax, are waiting for the dust to settle and prices to fall. Forrester sides with Blu-ray but says the companies backing it must roll out a $250 player by Christmas or risk an “upset defeat.” More »

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      HD DVD  • Blu ray

    • Format Wars Rage in High Definition

      Economist  |  Sep 9, 07 12:59 PM CDT

      Format Wars Rage in High Definition

      (Newser) - Meet the new VHS and Betamax. It’s unclear who’s winning consumer tech’s latest format wars, the Economist explains, but both Blu-ray and HD DVD claim to be the high-def successor to the DVD. The cheaper HD DVD sells more stand-alone players, but Blu-ray sells more disks and is supported by Sony’s PlayStation 3. More »

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      movie  • Sony  • HD DVD  • Blu ray  • Toshiba  • high definition

  • August 2007

    • Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 21, 07 9:23 AM CDT

      Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

      (Newser) - The face-off between two standards for high-definition DVDs took a new turn yesterday as Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary DreamWorks dropped support of Sony's Blu-ray format. Starting this week, the studios will distribute new discs exclusively in the HD DVD format, which is supported by Toshiba and functions on less expensive players, the LA Times reports. More »

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      movie  • film  • Sony  • DreamWorks  • HD DVD  • DVD  • Paramount Pictures  • Blu ray  • Toshiba

  • June 2007

    • Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

      Forbes  |  Jun 18, 07 6:36 PM CDT

      Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

      (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 jointly until now. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • Sony  • HD DVD  • DVD  • Blu ray  • Playstation 3  • Blockbuster  • rentals

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