April 19th 2005

Blu-ray / HD-DVD Truce Just Words

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Despite several reports of an olive branch being offered by Sony to, amongst others, Toshiba, and the prospect of a truce between the rival Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps, a new Sony announcement seems to rule out any merging of formats.

All the parties involved agree that a single format would benefit consumers, but none appear willing to accept an alternative to their chosen technology.

Sony President-elect, Ryoji Chubachi, started the rumours of a truce by publicly leaving open the door to an amalgamation of formats between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

Yukinori Kawauchi, general manager in charge of Blu-Ray development then said, "From the point of view to provide the best service to the consumer one format is better than two. We're open to discussions."

However, Taro Takamine, a Sony spokesman in Tokyo has now said that the only talks that Sony would entertain were those of the HD-DVD supporters dropping their format and supporting Blu-ray Disc. No compromise there then....

Betamax/VHS mark II seems to back on again.