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	HIGH DEF DVD'S COMING SOON -- BUT HOW WILL THEY BE PLAYED? Oct 5 2005
	Toshiba Corp. and other members of the HD DVD camp announced Tuesday that 10 Japanese (more)
	INTEL: MAYBE THERE'LL BE A BLU-RAY INSIDE, AFTER ALL Oct 4 2005
	Intel, which last week threw its support to Toshiba's HD-DVD high-definition DVD system, appeared to (more)
	PARAMOUNT SWITCHES SIDES IN FORMAT WAR Oct 3 2005
	In a surprise announcement on Sunday, Paramount Home Entertainment switched its support to Sony's Blu-ray (more)

FOR SONY, NO REPEAT OF BETAMAX DEBACLE
Friday, October 21 2005

In what appeared to be a climactic victory for Sony in its battle with Toshiba over the next-generation high-definition DVD format, Warner Bros. has agreed to adopt Sony's Blu-ray format. Until now, the studio had been part of Toshiba's HD DVD camp, and although it indicated that it would back both formats, the fact that the majority of films will now be released in Blu-ray -- Universal is the only studio that has not announced support of Blu-ray -- appears to doom HD DVD. Today's (Friday) Daily Variety quoted one executive close to the negotiations as saying, "This is something the HD camp cannot recover from." In 1988, Sony threw in the towel in the home-video wars at the time when it abandoned its Betamax format and began manufacturing recorders with the rival VHS system.

BLU-RAY LIKELY TO WIN FORMAT WAR, SAYS ANALYST
Thursday, October 20 2005
Sony is likely to win the high-definition DVD format war against Toshiba, according to an analysis by Forrester Research. In a report issued today (Thursday), Forrester analyst Ted Schadler said that the continuing war will only result in discouraging consumers from buying a high-definition DVD player. "The longer the battle continues, consumers don't benefit as much as they could because they might buy the wrong one," Schadler told Bloomberg News. Sony's Blu-ray system has been (more)

IS WARNER ABOUT TO JOIN BLU-RAY CAMP?
Thursday, October 6 2005
Speculation continued to grow Wednesday that Warner Bros. was about to defect from Toshiba's HD DVD camp and join Sony's Blu-ray, a move that could be fatal for Toshiba's high-definition DVD format. Business Week magazine pointed out in its online edition that Warner Bros. has assembled the Hollywood studios that had backed Toshiba's format, including corporate sibling New Line, Paramount, and Universal. Paramount defected last weekend, and New Line is likely to go wherever Warner (more)