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Sony

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.

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February 2008
- Netflix Goes Blue
  
  CNET | Feb 11, 08 5:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Netflix DVD rental service has decided to go exclusively with Blu-Ray as its hi-def format for customers, rather than HD DVD. By the end of the year, Netflix will no longer offer HD DVDs, reports CNET. The service made the decision based on the momentum towards Blu-Ray by Hollywood studios, including the recent decision by Warner Bros. to go commit solely to the format. More »
- Wii Points to Gaming's Future
  
  Forbes | Feb 11, 08 3:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The upset Nintendo has secured against Microsoft and Sony as its simple-but-innovative Wii continues to dominate their processor-heavy rival consoles portends much for the future of gaming, writes Michael Noer for Forbes . Expect much more casual gaming and gamers, Noer writes, as low-time-commitment experiences and Wii-like intuitive controls snag demographics beyond the young male diehard. More »
January 2008
- Sony Profit Up, Forecast Down
  
  Bloomberg | Jan 31, 08 7:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Slowing US consumer spending and a strengthening yen are prompting Sony Corp to cut its profit forecast for the fiscal year that ends in March. Estimates released yesterday were cut nearly 8%, to $3.85 billion, despite its PlayStation division showing a profit for the first time in two years, reports Bloomberg. Earnings from sales of televisions were off by some 70%. More »
- TV Makers Scoff at Your Puny Recession
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 29, 08 2:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Who cares if there’s a recession? The Super Bowl’s on! Even after the worst retailing Christmas in years, the makers of flat-panel, high-definition TVs are confident their trendy product will keep selling, spurred by falling prices and prime tube-watching events like the Olympics. One market-research firm is predicting LCD sales will jump 27% worldwide. More »
- Video Game Sales Shatter Annual Record
  
  Associated Press | Jan 18, 08 10:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - More video games were sold in 2007 than ever before, with a total of $17.94 billion marking a 43% increase over 2006, reports the AP. Much of the growth came from sales of Nintendo's chronically undersupplied Wii and Microsoft's Halo 3, market researcher NPD Group said. Nintendo dominated gaming system sales, moving 6.3 million Wii units and 8.5 million of the most popular system, the portable DS. More »
- Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War
  
  DailyTech | Jan 17, 08 6:01 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share
  
  MarketWatch | Jan 14, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  (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 »
- Amazon Will Sell Sony BMG Music Sans Copyright Curbs
  
  Reuters | Jan 11, 08 5:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Amazon will sell songs from Sony BMG free of digital rights management, making it the first online music store to offer tunes without copyright enforcement mechanisms from all four of the major labels. Many consumers have long opposed the use of DRM because of its potential to hinder playback on their device of choice, or personal copying. More »
- Is the Xbox 360 Going Blu?
  
  Reuters | Jan 9, 08 7:29 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba
  
  Reuters | Jan 7, 08 6:24 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Warner Bros. Backs Blu-Ray
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 5, 08 6:59 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM
  
  BusinessWeek | Jan 4, 08 1:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sony BMG will begin offering at least part of its music catalogue online without restrictive digital rights management mechanisms, Business Week reports. The decision comes after the other three major labels—Warner, EMI, and Universal—decided to ditch DRM in 2007, challenging Apple's 80% share of the legal music downloads market. More »
- Studios Want Piece of Bollywood
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Jan 2, 08 10:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Big studios such as Sony, Paramount Pictures, and Disney will be doing their best to make it big this year in Bollywood, India's increasingly profitable film scene, the Financial Times reports. As the India business becomes less mystifying to outsiders, big international studios want a piece of the world's most prolific film industry. More »
December 2007
- Record Industry Changes Tune on Copying CDs
  
  Washington Post | Dec 30, 07 6:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The recording industry has argued in a court brief that individuals who copy music from CDs for personal use are breaking the law, the Washington Post reports. The claim by the Recording Industry Association of America is a dramatic rejection of what had long been considered a Fair Use right for consumers—and has driven the massive popularity of portable MP3 players. More »
- Electronics Giants Join Forces
  
  PC World | Dec 26, 07 7:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hitachi, Canon, and Panasonic have announced plans to work to together in moving flat-panel display technology forward, PC World reports. Competition is heating up in the industry, and the companies hope the alliance will accelerate development time. The firms will work together on LCD displays and organic light emitting diode displays, which some think could replace LCD. More »
- Wii Remains Hottest Seller for Holidays
  
  Reuters | Dec 14, 07 9:59 AM CST
  
  (Newser)