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Hitachi DZ-BD70E

Digital Living Blu-ray is the victor in the format war and the BD70E attempts to claim the spoils as the first Blu-ray camcorder. But is it just riding the winner's coattails?

Tags: hitachi, ray, war, blu

29 February 2008, 11:13

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living It's mutually assured destruction, an aggression escalation, a war of trumps. We have to stop the gadget menace now, before it's too late. This iPod thing is not a fad. It's not a craze. It's an arms race, and it's going to end badly.

18 March 2006, 8:00

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living Why it lostThis is a classic case of a format war ruining what was a brilliant idea. As for finishing the format war, well, he'd have to pick his favourite format and brutally exterminate the other one.

23 July 2007, 10:49

Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living Most of you will be aware of the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. But the war is far from over -- HD DVD technology is cheaper and easier to mass-produce, and it's not inconceivable we could be seeing boatloads of affordable Chinese-made HD...

1 June 2007, 17:40