June 21st 2005

Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Talks Scrapped

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The writing has been on the wall for a while, but there is now no possibility of a unified next-generation optical disc format.

Sony Computer Entertainment president, Ken Kutaragi, has admitted that talks between Sony and Toshiba have come to an end with no resolution.

We now move forward to a future with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD co-existing unhappily and consumers scratching their heads about where to put their support.

Whether both formats can survive side-by-side is anyone's guess, but only Blu-Ray has the USP of being used in the forthcoming Playstation3. This fact alone makes it strong contender and unless HD-DVD can quickly find a similar selling point, there will be an awful lot of households locked into a Blu-Ray future, with little need to look elsewhere.