If current schedules hold, the battle will not begin at least until later this year, and won't start to impact most supermarket customers until hardware prices come down to mass market levels, which ...

TOKYO -- A format war is brewing between two competing successors to DVD. In late November, four major studios -- Universal, Paramount, Warner and New Line -- said they would endorse the HD DVD format ...

Sony 360 Reality Audio vs. Dolby Atmos Music may seem like a kinder, gentler format war. But it's part of a broader competition involving MPEG-H 3D Audio for the music & digital broadcast TV markets.| ...

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When the two camps come together at a certain venue, there's typically some sort of fireworks display. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on perspective), HD DVD and Blu-ray execs managed to ...