Sony Set to Exert Influence on Discs
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As the leader of the group that plans to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony is poised to gain considerable power in its fight to set the format for the next generation of digital video discs.
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One unit for you desk, one for under it Sony has taken the wraps off a desktop system that contains not only system unit but two, one for the bulk of the PC's innards, the other for the optical drives - one of which is a Blu-ray Disc unit.â¦
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By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo and Scott Morrison in San Francisco. Sony has suffered a big setback in its bid to set the standard for next-generation DVDs as four Hollywood studios announced they would support a rival technology backed by Toshiba.
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Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.
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The consumer electronics company backs a technology lauded by Sony and others, as the DVD format battle heats up.
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Sony Corp  said it will launch  four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc  recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the  HD DVD camp heats up.
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Sony Corp  said on Wednesday it  will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical  disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with  the HD DVD camp heats up.
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The electronics giant is betting that consumers are ready to spend a couple grand to up the quality of their home movies.
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Sony plans to begin rolling out Blu-ray discs this Fall internationally to coincide with the launch of hardware in those regions, the company said Thursday. Sony says that pricing of discs would be similar to those of standard DVD discs.
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UK daily, The Guardian, is reporting that Sony executives have approached Toshiba in the last few weeks in an attempt to stave off the brewing next-gen format war.
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Sony says its digital music players will now play MP3 music tracks, and not just its own format.
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced plans to release a double-layer DVD burner that is compatible with the Macintosh platform.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will launch a DVD recorder using Blu-ray technology by the end  of the year in Japan, fortifying its lineup of high-definition  optical disc products.
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The electronics maker is poised to become the leader in high-definition following the demise of HD DVD.
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Thomson announced its decision, on Thursday, to introduce HD DVD players, HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs in the market sometime next year.
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Sony is broadening support for the MP3 file format in its portable music player range. It will introduce a new hard disk-based MP3 player in December, and will produce
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Audio technology company is marking time before the next generation of DVD players arrives.