Total HD disc may solve format wars

[QueenB]

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Originally Posted by qj.net

When this new disc comes out, expect some very interesting reactions from the public. Warner Brothers seems to have completed their multi-standard DVD, and will be formally announcing it at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas this coming Tuesday. This disc, which they're calling Total HD, is basically a disc that can play both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD media. This could potentially lead to a ceasefire in the ongoing format wars between Microsoft and Sony, as Barry Meier, Chief Exec of Warner Brothers says that neither format was going to be obsolete any time soon. While we won't know the specifics of the Total HD until it's announced at the CES, it's safe to say that our previous coverage of this new technology would probably approximate what Warner Brothers will explain in a few days. Specifically, we can expect that this new disc places the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray information on different depths of the disc's surface, so the lasers in DVD players can read the format they support, or choose one or another if they can play both formats.

Sounds promising. Personally, I strongly dislike the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD 'war' and I don't see why consumers should have to choose.

[Bex]

Oooooh, sounds interesting
Also sounds like very advanced (very very) technology.

Something to stop the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD war is all good in my book

Can't wait til Tuesday to find out more