Toshiba Denies DVD Deal With Sony

By Ian Bell Updated May 10, 2005

“A financial newspaper here reported on Tuesday (May 10) that “the next generation DVD will be unified on the Blu-ray Disc Format.” Toshiba denied the report, adding that no decision has been made on whether to unify competing next-generation DVD specs. Toshiba said the report that a unification agreement had been reached based on a 0.1-mm disc was erroneous.

Talks among backers of the HD DVD and the Blu-ray Disc formats have been seeking a unified format, something player makers favor. Industry sources close to the HD DVD group said the press report might be based on leaks from Blu-ray backers.

The report said Toshiba would propose a “unified” format to other HD DVD supporters, but the company denied it would make make such a proposal. ”

Read more at EETimes

ExtremeTech is reporting that a source close to Sony is saying a deal is close to being completed however.

Also at Gizmodo

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