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Blu-ray winning format war, analyst says

News The war between Betamax and VHS trained a generation of consumers to be wary of competing formats. The irony of this format war is that it comes at the tail end of the century-long era of physical media.

20 October 2005, 10:26

Hi-def DVD format war just got hot

News A civil war in the home-video market is unlikely to spur consumers to go on a shopping spree. In the public-relations battle between the warring technologies, HD DVD scored a victory by getting to market first.

19 April 2006, 11:27

Report: 18 months left in DVD format war

News Referring to the high-definition DVD format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray, Forrester Research said in a report on Monday that while the two camps have "been fighting what seems to be a war of attrition for consumers' hearts and minds," few...

26 September 2007, 10:17

News.blog: No 'bidding war' for Digg

News Adelson wrote, "but this morning's rumours about a bidding war involving The original report on TechCrunch never mentioned a "bidding war" per se, just that four companies were in the running to acquire the company.

Tags: post, response, war, companies

10 March 2008, 9:23

Toshiba may give up HD DVD war

News Investors cheered an impending end to a format war for next-generation DVDs on Monday, pushing up shares of both Toshiba, on the verge of abandoning its HD DVD discs, and Sony, the leader of the rival Blu-ray camp.

Tags: war, consumers, electronics, blu ray

18 February 2008, 8:48

HP backs both rivals in DVD war

News Hewlett-Packard has announced it will support both contenders to be the next generation of DVDs, a change of tack that could raise the chances of an expensive format war. Disc players and movies for both formats are expected to be released next...

Tags: hp, disc, ray, high definition

19 December 2005, 9:24

Will Yahoo's music move prompt a price war?

News With the release of a new low-price music service, Yahoo is kicking off a price war that could squeeze rival subscription services, analysts say. Whatever the outcome, the price war is likely to draw attention to the subscription music model, which...

12 May 2005, 12:12

Two sides not retreating from DVD format war

News Echoes of the quixotic war between Sony's Betamax and the VHS format that ultimately replaced it remain in the minds of everyone involved even loosely with Hollywood, a distraction that nobody wants to repeat.

12 July 2005, 11:46

Sony CEO calls format war stalemate

News The two have been locked in their own format war, and are fighting to be the consumer's next choice after the current-generation favourite, DVD. Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation of America's CEO, told the AP news agency that he believes HD DVD and...

Tags: ray, matter, hd, blu

12 November 2007, 9:16

Sky and Virgin mull broadband price war

News With speculation rife that Carphone Warehouse is to spark a price war with free broadband, both Virgin and Sky are reportedly also about to start some hardcore cost cutting as the market heats up. According to a report in the Guardian, BSkyB, which...

11 April 2006, 10:00

Jobs gains ground in iTunes pricing war

News Apple chief executive Steve Jobs appears to have taken the upper hand over the music industry in the battle to decide the price of music downloads. According to a report in the New York Post, the big four record labels had been pushing Apple to...

24 April 2006, 10:40

BT wages war on 'cyber-slacking'

News BT Group today unveiled a new business targeting SMEs who are riddled with inefficiencies resulting from email and web abuse. BT has invested £3m in setting up the company, called Open Orchard, and has committed a further £3m for the next stage of...

31 October 2002, 13:10

PS3 could lose next-gen war, says analyst

News In the next-gen console race, there are three main competitors: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. While many in the videogame world would love to see some kind of 'everybody's a winner, hooray! scenario, the simple truth is one company is going to be...

5 July 2006, 11:05

News.blog: Sharp to kick off LCD price war

News This Christmas, Sharp is going to hunt down its enemies. Last year, the Japanese electronics giant lost some footing in the LCD TV market, in part because its rivals had moved to a different standard of manufacturing that allowed them to release...

18 October 2006, 11:13

Robots go to war -- against each other

News On one side of the arena, looking deceptively innocuous, sits Megabyte, a several-hundred-kilogram steel wedged drum. Across the floor is repeat champion and audience favourite Biohazard, a sleek low-to-the-ground rectangular box of shiny metal...

14 November 2005, 10:30