Found two articles this morning on this topic. Looks like a compromise is is the works for the new DVD standard. That may be in the best interest of all. Maybe Sony is remembering Beta! We will wait to see what the capacity of the compromise standard is. I think it is better than a war!

"Sony, Toshiba Mull Unified Format to Avoid DVD War

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-rittz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20050421%2F0628233815.htm&sc=rittz

TOKYO (Reuters)
"Sony and Toshiba have reportedly already begun briefing Walt Disney Co. and other Hollywood movie studios for approval of a unified standard, paving the way for the signing of an agreement between the rival camps."



" Top News
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Sony, Toshiba Seek Unified DVD Format

http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=51180&id=2005042107290001237490

TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday they are
in negotiations about how to resolve their competing
next-generation optical disk formats, aiming to give consumers a
unified video technology.

MIke

Let's hope this works out.

I think it would be best in the end for consumers - assuming of course they choose the blueray standard! j/k

Although not part of the official festivities, is the
rumored compromise among the major electronics companies
on High Def DVD technology. Hope you didn't preorder that Blu
Ray DVD machine, because it appears there will actually be a
third format that is a hybrid of the Blu Ray and HD DVD formats:
http://tinyurl.com/7dcs4

I would like to thank the new CEO of Sony for making this possible.

Can't we skip all these and go right to HVD?

well this is certainly good news. the faster they agree and get on the same page the faster we can implement the technology in our own lives and jobs.

This story seems to still be developing. In the following article the author speculates that the possible compromise in the works could mean anywhere from a six to twelve month delay in the rollout of HD DVD players...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20050425/bs_nf/33380

Another school of thought says that both formats will go the way of BRI internet access.(Anyone remember it ?) By the time they get established they will already be superseeded by broadband delivery of HD content.

Another school of thought says that both formats will go the way of BRI internet access.(Anyone remember it ?) By the time they get established they will already be superseeded by broadband delivery of HD content.

Will you really even need a HD or HDV recorder or player? I guess people will want them, but there will be more and more on-demand broadband HD and SD delivery.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=XTPOXRM0KKBXICRBAELCFEY?type=technologyNews&storyID=8434775

Blu-Ray format with HD DVD protecion is likey win.

I can't find a link to it, but the format war may be far from over. Yesterday Toshiba announced a new three-layer HD DVD with storage capacity comparable to blu ray...

The Reuters' article was wrong according to Toshiba.