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Andrew Keith
New Straits Times
01-18-2007
More at stake in Blu-ray, HD DVD war
Byline: Andrew Keith
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Tech & U; Update

THE cinema has come home - DVDs have enabled consumers to have an immersive cinema experience right in the comfort of the home. But even before we can get really comfortable, we have the DVD's successors, Blu- ray and HD DVD.

Blu-ray and HD DVD are competing technologies for the next generation of high-definition digital audio and video discs. Both are based on blue laser, which has the capability of reading more data from a disc compared to a plain DVD.
HD DVD can store about 15 gigabytes of data while Blu-ray, which costs more, can store ...

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