Blu-ray, HD DVD merger talks scrapped

Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 by MegaZone

The two, rival blue-laser optical storage formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, will not be coming together, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi admitted yesterday.

Well, looks like this means war.

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  • gweepprefect

    Suck.

    I hope it’s a short war. As I’ve said before, I want to be able to purchase this stuff when it’s released and not worry about what format will win. I’ve got a nice new 720p projector that is thirsty for some HD content.

  • bicentennial76

    isnt the HD format used in sonys PSP?? Not sure, just added blu ray to my intrests and found there was a Group for it! awsome!

    I wanna get it when its a bit more popular…

  • megazone

    The PS3 uses Blu-ray. The PSP uses UMD, which is a unique format based on red laser DVD.

  • bicentennial76

    oooooooohhh ^_^ i wasnt sure, i just knew the D was in ONE of sonys things, im retarded…