Are DVD Format Wars Irreconcilable?
Groups headed by Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp.
offering competing technologies for next-generation DVDs have given up efforts
to develop a unified format, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on
Tuesday.
For three years, the two groups
have pushed to have their respective technology standards adopted to gain
dominance in the multibillion-dollar markets for DVD players, PC drives and
optical discs.
Posted: Tue - August 23, 2005 at 11:34 AM