Iger: Disney Throws Weight Behind Blu-Ray DVD Format
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Once upon a time, Betamax was more than a winning answer in Trivial Pursuit: It was a real competitor with the VHS videotape format.
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Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs.
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HD DVD continues to show some fight in its seemingly unending war with Blu-ray. Meanwhile, LG and Samsung introduce new dual-format players.
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Hollywood film studios have pledged support for one of the competing formats battling for primacy in the DVD market. The group supporting the HD DVD optical disc format for high-definition video is vying with the rival Blu-ray Disc format .
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JVC (Japan Victor Co.) is trying to ease the transition from standard DVD to Blu-Ray, a contender in the battle for the next-generation DVD format.
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Warner Brothers is dumping HD DVD and going Blu-ray exclusively. Does this spell the end of the format war?
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Disney is lining up behind Sony's new high-definition DVD format while other Hollywood players back the rival Toshiba format. Will the format wars scare consumers away from the next generation of DVD players? -washingtonpost.com
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The high-definition DVD format war  has not been won, at least not in the minds of the retailers.  Last week, Time Warner Inc's  Warner Bros studio said it  would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Blu-ray  format instead of Toshiba Corp's  competing HD DVD  technology.
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Three large Hollywood studios are throwing their weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy.
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Hollywood movie powerhouse Walt Disney has taken sides with Japan's Sony Corp. in a bitter battle between studios to define a technical standard for next generation DVDs, it said.
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The Walt Disney Co. will back the high-definition Blu-ray disc developed by Sony over a competing HD DVD format, setting in place a high-stakes battle between Hollywood&#39;s
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Hollywood players pick sides in the competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards.
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TOKYO/NEW YORK  - U.S. video rental chain  Blockbuster Inc.  has come out in favor of the Blu-ray  DVD format disc, tipping the balance against the rival HD DVD  in the battle over next-generation discs.
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Walt Disney Co. music label Hollywood  Records is offering a new CD format with extra features to  encourage compact-disc purchases in a bid to reverse declining  CD sales.
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The battle to set the standard for next-generation digital recording media took another twist on Thursday with the announcement that Walt Disney would launch titles on the Blu-ray Disc format promoted by Sony and Matsushita.
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The Walt Disney Co.&#39;s endorsement Wednesday of the Blu-ray technology has increased the possibility that consumers, electronics manufacturers or both will be the real losers of the format war over next-generation video discs.
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Company is the latest to choose sides in the next-generation DVD format battle.