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Posted by Goro on 02/28/06 21:24
And Sony would NEVER be late with anything, would they?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060228/tc_nm/sonypictures_bluray_dc
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Pictures on Tuesday said it aims to deliver
its new Blu-ray DVD format to U.S. stores on May 23 to coincide with
the entry of compatible disc players, a new step in an industry war for
control of home movie viewing.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment will first
release eight Blu-ray titles, followed by another eight in mid-June.
The first movie titles include "50 First Dates," "The Fifth Element,"
"Hitch" and "House of Flying Daggers."
Blu-ray is locked in a multibillion-dollar standards war against a
rival DVD format known as HD DVD. The technology companies supporting
HD DVD, championed by Toshiba Corp. (6502.T), plan to start rolling out
movie titles and disc players in March.
Each side hopes to reignite a sagging $24 billion home video market
with new players and discs that offer greater capacity and interactive
features.
Sony Pictures, a division of Japan's Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news).
(6758.T), earlier this month disclosed pricing for Blu-ray format discs
which amounts to a premium of about 15 percent to 20 percent to the
current DVD standard.
The company said on Tuesday that its target delivery date would
coincide with the launch that day of the first commercially available
Blu-ray disc player by Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.K). Other
Blu-ray disc players are scheduled for release to market from Sony and
Pioneer.
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