Re: [ARSCLIST] One format war now decided?

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From: Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:33:41 -1000
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So, what's the touted advantage of Blu-Ray?
Will it play on my cell phone, or what?
Malcolm (who has not a Blu-Ray nor a cell phone) R

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Tom Fine wrote:

Looks like Wal-Mart tipped the scales for Blu-Ray.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/technology/16toshiba.html

I'm guessing the next step in forcing this format on the consumer will be for major manufacturers to stop making "plain old" DVD players and computer drives. Has anyone yet come up with a backward compatible drive or player?

-- Tom Fine

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