Intel & Microsoft Support HD DVD Format for next-gen DVDs
Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., the leading suppliers of chips and software for most of the world’s personal computers, are throwing their support behind the next-generation DVD standard known as HD DVD. That means that Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Universal Studios all now support HD DVD. Blu-ray is currently being backed by Sony, Apple, HP, and Dell. The great divide grows deeper!
It was not clear how Microsoft and Intel’s move would affect the stance of computer makers, but the PC industry has managed to skirt confusion over dueling standards in the past by offering drives that can handle multiple formats.
Efforts so far to merge the standards into a single format have gone nowhere as tech companies and studios have divided into the two camps. Analysts say consumers are likely to stick with standard DVDs until there is a resolution. Though Intel and Microsoft’s action gives the HD DVD group additional muscle, it does not deal a knockout blow to Blu-ray.
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