Friday, April 22, 2005

Compromise on High-Def DVD Standard in the Works

As a follow-up to the piece I ran last week regarding a potential thaw in the relations between the backers of Blu-ray and HD DVD, it appears as though progress is being made towards a compromise. In fact, Reuters and The Nihon Keizai Business Daily are reporting that a Sony source says an agreement could come yet this month.

This is a tremendous development in the advancement of next-generation DVDs, which will be capable of recording and playing high-definition content. Apparently the two groups have decided that yet another standards battle in the consumer electronics industry is a lose-lose proposition for all concerned.

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