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Article: Blu-rays lurk inside 'Trojan horse'.
- Article from:
- Yomiuri Shimbun
- Article date:
- November 4, 2006
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Byline: Paul Jackson
Nov. 4--TOKYO -- For consumers it's confusing and frustrating. The electronics giants of the world have yet again failed to agree on a video format. The prospect ahead is another battle for supremacy in the next-generation DVD market, this time between the Blu-Ray camp led by Sony and the HD DVD camp led by Toshiba.
Will this be another video bloodbath like the Betamax vs. VHS war more than two decades ago? Or will a commonsense solution prevail?
Industry observers suggest that whatever the result, consumers will wait and see rather than splashing their hard-earned cash on technology that has yet to establish itself.