Reuters is reporting that talks between Toshiba Corp. and Sony over developing a unified next generation DVD format are leaning towards a disc structure supported by Sony. In case you have been living in a cave for the last few years, you should know that both companies have been promoting their technology as the best for consumer needs for a next generation DVD format standard. However, both sides would like to avoid a format war that would resemble the VHS-Beta videocassette war.
At the core of both formats are blue lasers, which have a shorter wavelength than the red lasers used in current DVD equipment, allowing discs to store data at the higher densities needed for high-definition movies and television.
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