Warner: Rising gas prices drove its Blu-ray decision
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A key Warner Bros. executive late yesterday blamed the state of the US economy for having driven its decision to back out of the HD DVD group and publish high-def movies on Blu-ray exclusively.
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The DVD rental price war continues.
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Hollywood players pick sides in the competition between the HD DVD and Blu-ray standards.
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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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U.S. video rental chain Blockbuster  Inc.  on Monday said more customers prefer Sony Corp.'s  Blu-ray DVD format to its rival HD DVD, and it will expand its  inventory of the high definition discs to a total of 1,700  stores up from 250.
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Video rental leader Blockbuster cut the price of its online service Wednesday, the latest shot in an escalating price war with Netflix and Wal-Mart.
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U.S. video rental chain Blockbuster Inc.  on Monday said more customers prefer Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray DVD format to its rival HD DVD, and it will expand its inventory of the high definition discs to a total of 1,700 stores up from 250.
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InfoWorld - Vendors supporting HD DVD are cutting prices to boost their products, which are vying with Blu-ray disc technology to replace current DVD movie discs.
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Toshiba Corp said on Sunday its HD DVD high-definition video format is not dead despite being dealt a big setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray technology.
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The standards battle could intensify in the last quarter, but so far Blu-ray dominates, analysts say.
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The biggest hardware backer of the HD DVD format responds to Warner Bros. recent decision to back Blu-ray exclusively.
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Fears of a deteriorating U.S. economy  and falling DVD industry sales helped drive Warner Bros's  decision to back Sony's Blu-ray next generation DVD format  exclusively, a top executive told Reuters on Monday.
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Time Warner Inc's Warner  Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release  high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp's Blu-ray format, dealing a  big blow to Toshiba Corp's rival HD DVD technology.
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The popular video rental service casts its vote in the DVD format war.
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The advanced Blu-ray DVD drive is annoying some by raising the cost, slowing production and forcing them to buy into a format they've not yet aligned with.
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It's clearly a blow, but retailers were divided on whether the move actually amounted to a death knell to the format, which is battling Blu-Ray.
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Blu-ray and HD DVD -- will be costly to everyone concerned, analysts say. The availability of two rival formats will raise prices and confuse consumers.