[ARSCLIST] One format war now decided?

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From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:21:49 -0500
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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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