[avrev.com] Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD - Common Sense Prevails - Finally!

[Ge Someone]

sigh

The president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said on Thursday it is up to Toshiba Corp. to yield its position in talks on a unified format for next-generation DVD technology.

"The talks continue, they have not collapsed," Nakamura told a group of reporters at a get-together of industry executives in Tokyo. "But Matsushita and Sony have not changed their stance. We are waiting for Toshiba's decision."

"There is still a chance to create a new format, but we will not waver on the 0.1 mm point," Nakamura said. "I call on them to bring up issues other than 0.1. Let's talk about that."

from this source

 

[Ge Someone]

Sony says single standard for new DVDs is `unlikely''

The latest statement in this saga, from Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (Playstation).

The chances of unifying the formats are "almost none"
"With the dialogue focusing on [data layer depths of (Ge)] 0.1 and 0.6, there is no way for the two sides to divide things fairly," Kutaragi said.

A other technical forum jokingly suggested a layer depth of 0.35 , but that makes no sense when you think about it.

 

[Lucanu]

I think this will end up as those quad war standards....
we'll see...

 

[Ge Someone]

As to be complete, here's the last chapter for a while.

Blu-Ray, HD-DVD merger talks failed


Sooow, what's next? HVD (Holographic Disks) ? or better Holographic Cards?

Ge Someone, your reporter on this Blue HD story.