Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hi-Def DVD Part II:  Blue LASER Boogaloo

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In our last episode, we learned a little about probably the most famous “Format War” of the past – surely no one would make that mistake again… right?  We’ll get to that shortly, but first a brief flashback… flashback… flashback…

In 1993, near the height of VHS’s popularity, two high-density optical storage formats were being developed; one was the MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD), backed by Philips and Sony, and the other was the Super Density (SD) disc, supported by Toshiba, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric (better known as Panasonic), Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson, and JVC.

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