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hd dvd gets buried by best buy and netflix

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HD DVD Dead

For all of you who’ve been holding out hope that HD DVD might stage a comeback in its stand against the rapidly gaining Blu-ray format, I think that it’s time to count HD DVD down for the count…

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February 11th, 2008 7 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

hd dvd / blu-ray combo players to be the norm

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HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray Format War

According to a recent report from ABI Research, the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray format war will be won not by either format, but by dual-format players, such as the recently released LG BH100 combo player…

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January 24th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

blu-ray declares victory in format war

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Blu-ray Declares Victory

This is starting to sound like the early days of the war in Iraq… Apparently, while we were off living our lives, Blu-ray became the “overwhelming” victor in the high definition format wars…

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January 8th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lg and warner seek to end the blu-ray/hd dvd war

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Blu-ray vs HD DVD

A while back we reported that Ricoh was working on a optical mechanism that could handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. At next week’s CES show, it’s expected that two companies will be showing off their proposed solutions to dealing with the incompatible formats.

On the hardware front, LG is expected to announce a combo player that can play both formats…

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January 4th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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