Posted by Barry McCockiner on 04/05/06 21:19

In article <1144271641.830460.245830@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<JLee@blueboard.com> wrote:

> Also, there's one difference between Sony and Toshiba - Sony owns 1
> studio and is a big owner in another. Toshiba is not. So you'll always
> have at least two big studios NOT releasing HDDVD discs, no matter what
> the other studios do.

I wouldn't bet on that.

Initially, of course Sony isn't going to release HD-DVDs. But if
BluRay loses the battle (as Betamax did), Sony will manufacture media
and players for the dominant format because it will make them money.
(Sony makes plenty of VHS players, now don't they? Imagine how little
they'd make if the only tape players they made were still Betamax.)

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