Daily Archives: Friday, June 17, 2005

Sanyo Joins Group to Develop High-Def DVDs

Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 by MegaZone

Japanese consumer electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. has joined a group of companies led by So Sanyo has decided to embrace Blu-ray in addition to HD-DVD. Guess they don’t see any unification coming either.

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Blu-ray Disk Enters Next-Gen DVD Race

Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 by MegaZone

A day after the announcement of a HD DVD-R disk format, Pioneer Corp. and Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. jointly announced development of write-once disk for the Blu-ray Disc format.

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Sony says single standard for new DVDs is `unlikely’

Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 by MegaZone

Ken Kutaragi, who helped invent Sony Corp’s PlayStation game console, said creating a single standard for new DVDs that can store more high-definition movies and pictures than current discs is unlikely.

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