Sony and Toshiba Give Up On Unified DVD Format

HoTiCE_ is one of several to let us know, Reuters is reporting Sony and Toshiba have apparently given up efforts to develop a unified format for next-generation DVDs. The two companies had opened up negotiations but they fell through due to time constraints on new products from both groups.

Well that certainly makes the decision easier.

[Mindwarp]

I pick..... neither!

George Lucas announcement

[Fastball]

Sales of his Star Wars saga will be put on sale in both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. Han will shoot first on one format while Greedo is quicker to the draw on the other. No word on which format will have it right, i.e. Han shooting first.

Put your money on Sony.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, the Betamax was a failure, but in every other way their proprietary formats have triumphed over all. Now pardon me while I download some new Atracs for my Digital Walkman (the only device I'd give up my Minidisc player for!) and shoot some family videos with my Digital8 camera.

Simple rule of thumb...

[ericpi]

We also all know that BluRay will win.

You may be right that BluRay will win. I certainly can't predict the future. However, history seems to have taught us one thing:

When it comes to format wars, always bet against Sony.

No problem!

[Eric_Cartman_South_P]

This just means I need to wait a bit to decide which format I will use to backup my torren^H^H^H^Hbuy my movies on.

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Re:My Prediction

[Brad1138]

The last 3 Star Wars were digitally recorded, the resolution is even better than HD. So with HDVD we will be able to see even more clearly how badly episodes 1 and 2 sucked.

Re:My Prediction

[dnoyeb]

I buy VHS because my son likes to bite the DVDs, so he keeps messing them up, but the tapes are much more durable.

deciding factor

[pintomp3]

that's ok, the pr0n industry will pick the winner anyway.

The winner will be...

[jocknerd]

whichever one gets the support of the Porn industry.

No problem

[QMO]

"Makes one almost wish for the days when regular CD-roms could hold several times the magnitude than the hard drives of the computers they resided in. Or maybe wish to have that ratio back:)"

Trade me your very large hard drive for my 2.5 GB drive, backup on DVD, and there you have it.

(I have to warn you that my drive is 5.25" quarter-height.)