The high-def DVD war ends with a rare win for Sony.
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Shares of Sony and Toshiba make gains on expectations that there's an end in sight to the format war over next-generation DVDs.
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Toshiba is expected to pull its HD DVD format in the coming weeks, after a rash of retail defections that followed Warner Home Video's announcement in early January that it would support only Sony's Blu-ray.
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Xbox exec says the software giant's gaming unit still fully backs Toshiba's HD-DVD high-definition DVD format but could consider supporting Sony's rival Blu-ray technology should consumers want it.
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Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial plans to launch new Blu-ray optical disc recorders that allow more hours of full high-definition recording on a single disc than any others available.
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Studios will release their DVD titles exclusively on HD DVD, the high-definition digital movie format whose sales have lagged those of rival Blu-Ray so far this year.
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Hacker claims to have discovered cryptographic key that can bypass copy restrictions on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies.
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Hybrid hi-def offerings may end the latest format debate.
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Total HD disc reconciles competing Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards.
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HD-DVD? Blu-ray? LCD? Plasma? If you sell the cables, it’s money no matter what.
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Blu-ray and HD-DVD struggle to take off.
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Microsoft announces pricing for their Xbox 360 HD-DVD peripheral.
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Patent filing raises white flag in battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats.
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Tokyo giant pushes back E.U. launch date for its PlayStation 3 a second time.
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Higher-capacity disc prototype unveiled along with Fox release for Blu-ray.
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As the battle forms over a new DVD format, Toshiba has taken an early lead.
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As first Blu-ray discs and players arrive in stores, Toshiba steps up HD DVD push.
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Notebook PC will contain high-capacity DVD drive and come out a month after Toshiba's.
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Next-generation game console will ship in November but will be pricier than Xbox 360.
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Hardware and software maker cyclical delays push back launch date again.
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