The Confusion Over the Next Generation DVD's

Business Week reports:

After years of waiting, the new era of high-definition home theater has finally arrived. In April, Toshiba (TOSBF) plans to introduce HD-DVD, its high-definition successor to the DVD player, two months ahead of rival consumer-electronics companies who plan to sell a competing format called Blu-ray Disc.


Electronics makers hope the new gear will keep sales in the $120 billion industry humming, while Hollywood hopes the lure of interactive features and crystal-clear pictures five times the resolution of current DVDs will jump-start slumping home-video sales.

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