One DVD format to rule them all
 

Remember the VHS-Beta wars? The possibility of history repeating itself has loomed over the video market with the imminent release of both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. Today, however, Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Toshiba and Sony were discussing the possibility of a "hybrid" DVD format for next-generation discs. Both companies have agreed that a unified optical disc standard would be mutually beneficial and are likely to find a compromise between their competing products as early as this month according to the Nihon Keizai.


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