Al parecer Sony y Toshiba llegan a un acuerdo

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According to a Japanese newspaper, Sony and Toshiba are close to finalizing a plan to develop a common standard for next-generation DVDs to resolve a three-year-long battle over formats that threatened the industry's growth. Formal announcement and details are due next week, May 16.




A detailed plan could be unveiled ahead of a key meeting of manufacturers involved in the manufacture of next-generation DVDs scheduled for May 16, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said.

Sony, along with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (6752.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , maker of Panasonic brand products, had been pushing for the standard it calls Blu-ray, while Toshiba, with NEC Corp. (6701.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (6764.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , has been promoting a technology called HD DVD.

Both sides have indicated that a new, unified format will use Sony's technology for recording information onto an optical disk while Toshiba will supply software that will handle efficient data transfer and copyright protection.

Un saludo.

La noticia está bien, pero hay algo que no dejan muy claro: si realmente llegan a un acuerdo, que sistema prevalecera Blu Ray, HD-DVD o un híbrido de estas 2? pq si es esta ultima opcion no me cuadra, por la inversion en I+D que esto supone. Ni que decir tiene que este acuerdo, si al final se materializa, tiene sus pros y sus contras. El peor contra: el precio sera mas elevado al no haber competencia, eso seguro