Thomson Hedges Bets, Supports HD-DVD and Blu-ray
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Media giant Thomson announced today that it is supporting both next-generation DVD formats, and will manufacture both HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD disks through its Camarillo-based Technicolor business.
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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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Amazon and Microsoft team up to serve HD-DVD movies to the niches.
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Shares of Toshiba Corp jumped 5 percent on Monday as analysts applauded the company's expected move to abandon its HD DVD format, leaving Blu-ray technology backed by Sony Corp to become the standard for the next-generation DVD.
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In the ongoing format battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, the main focus has been on consumer applications, and in particular, the home movie market. This week, in fact, Blockbuster announced plans to increase the availability of Blu-ray discs in its stores. The video rental company said that customers were favoring the Sony-backed format over the Toshiba-sponsored HD-DVD, leaving many quick to suggest that this marks the beginning of the end of the latest format war.
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An analysis of online discussions on Blu-ray and HD DVD seem to give the early edge to HD DVD. Cited as reasons are a consumer distrust of Sony and displeasure in the company's decision to include it in the PS3.
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Nathan Layne TOKYO  - Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for the next-generation DVD.
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PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage when Hewlett-Packard debuts Blu-ray compatible machines.
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The entertainment company plans to release movies through Sony's HD DVD format. Also: France sells off stakes in Air France & hellip;.  GM in Europe announces future cuts & hellip;. and more.
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A UK-based analyst firm, Screen Digest, has issued a report saying that the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war is destined to not have a winner--it's going to end in a stalemate. But that's not necessarily the end of the world, the report suggests.
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The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony.
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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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NEW YORK  - Peace may be at hand in the nearly three-year battle to provide HDTV owners with an affordable DVD player that can handle any movie that shows off high-def's vivid video and rich surround sound.
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Blu-ray DVD titles outsold rival  HD-DVD titles by almost 2-to-1 in the first nine months of the  year, but analysts expect additional HD-DVD support and new hit  releases to "transform" the high-definition DVD battle score in  the fourth quarter.
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HD-DVD backers say their format is cheaper and easier to produce than rival Blu-ray.
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The company is the third retailer this week to turn its back on HD DVD, backed by Toshiba, in favor of Blu-ray high-definition movie format, which was developed by Sony.
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Players and discs using a new high-def format will appear soon--but will consumers make room for yet another combatant in the HD format wars?