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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Just read this over at The Digital Bits:

(BREAKING NEWS - 5/9/05 - 5 PM PDT)

Here's a bit of VERY interesting news. According to several sources, including Reuters, Australian IT, Interactive Investor and Engadget, a Japanese newspaper (the Nihon Keizai Shimbun) is apparently reporting that Sony and Toshiba are very close to reaching an agreement in their effort to unite Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD into a common format for next generation DVDs. The deal could be finalized as early as this week and announced shortly thereafter, ahead of meetings with manufacturers scheduled for May 16th (where industry approval for the format would presumably be solicited). The technology compromise would reportedly see the new format utilizing Sony's planned disc structure (originally designed for Blu-ray Disc) with Toshiba's software for data transfer and copyright protection (developed for HD-DVD).

This is FANTASTIC news if it all pans out. We should know more very soon. Thanks to all the many Bits readers who sent in these links. Cross your fingers!

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Quite exciting in my opinion. I personally hope everything follows through and the format war can be avoided.

THEHOOLIGANJEDI wrote:

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Just read this over at The Digital Bits:

(BREAKING NEWS - 5/9/05 - 5 PM PDT)

Here's a bit of VERY interesting news. According to several sources, including Reuters, Australian IT, Interactive Investor and Engadget, a Japanese newspaper (the Nihon Keizai Shimbun) is apparently reporting that Sony and Toshiba are very close to reaching an agreement in their effort to unite Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD into a common format for next generation DVDs. The deal could be finalized as early as this week and announced shortly thereafter, ahead of meetings with manufacturers scheduled for May 16th (where industry approval for the format would presumably be solicited). The technology compromise would reportedly see the new format utilizing Sony's planned disc structure (originally designed for Blu-ray Disc) with Toshiba's software for data transfer and copyright protection (developed for HD-DVD).

This is FANTASTIC news if it all pans out. We should know more very soon. Thanks to all the many Bits readers who sent in these links. Cross your fingers!

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Quite exciting in my opinion. I personally hope everything follows through and the format war can be avoided.

Great News indeed.

I have a question. I have heard conflicting takes on which is the better format, and on many occasions I hear that only Blu-ray player can also read standard DVDs, whereas the HD-DVD format cannot. Sometimes I hear that the HD format can. Which is true?