Linux news

2007 07 03

Europe Set to Reject Microsoft's Video Format

EU inquires about Blu-Ray, HD-DVD

A report in today's Wall Street Journal said the European Commission is particularly interested in the Sony sponsored Blu-ray (sic) group because it appears to have won the format wars in Hollywood, California.

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Microsoft is meanwhile 'pulling an OOXML' by making 'partners' to artificially boost HD-DVD sales. Microsoft partnered with Amazon yesterday. It's not a case of "best format wins", but about how much support you can *buy* for your format. We shall see how it works out... Related: Sony claims more than a million PAL PS3s purchased

In an interview with trade paper MCV, Reeves said the million-sales mark was passed early in the last week of May, roughly nine-and-a-half weeks after the PAL PS3's debut on 23 March.

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Sony upbeat in DVD format battle

Sony says shipments of its Blu-ray high definition DVD players in the US could jump sixfold this year, to 600,000.

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