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By Jill Kipnis

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Toshiba/NEC plans to have its
high-definition DVD hardware on retail shelves in early 2005.



The manufacturing partnership announced at a Tokyo showcase the last
week of July that HD DVD players will be available next year in the
United States and Japan. The Toshiba/NEC format is endorsed by the DVD
Forum, an international association of 200 companies.


The rival Blu-ray HD format -- which is backed by 13 manufacturers,
including Sony, Samsung, Philips, Dell and Hewlett-Packard -- is
expected to introduce its players in the States by the end of 2005.
Blu-ray hardware has already launched in Japan.


So far, the only home-video distributor to officially endorse one of
the HD formats is Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, whose parent
company, Sony, is a key proponent of Blu-ray.


Reuters/Billboard











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"Allan" < t> wrote in message
news:...
> So far, the only home-video distributor to officially endorse one of
> the HD formats is Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, whose parent
> company, Sony, is a key proponent of Blu-ray.
The only thing that really matters is what format the movies are
in when they are made available for purchase. I am inclined to
buy a Sony unit because I have had good results with them.

The only current "HD DVD for purchase currently works only on computers
and only on wndows media player. Stand-alone players for this type of
HD-DVD will be made in the future.

These are the only true HD DVD" discs currently available for purchase
in regular stores.

All of this information was printed in "TV Guide"