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Befuddled by all this talk about Blu-ray, HD DVD, and this format-war thing? Don’t panic—you’re not alone. My inbox has been overflowing with messages from confused readers asking me for the Blu-ray basics. Read on for answers to your most basic Blu-ray questions.
OK, so what exactly is Blu-ray, anyway?
Simply put, Blu-ray is yet another video format, just like VHS, Beta, and DVD. It’s actually part of a third wave of mass-market video formats…read more on Blu-ray
TOKYO - Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.
“We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at his company’s Tokyo offices.
The move would make Blu-ray — backed by Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, and five major Hollywood movie studios — the winner in the battle over high-definition DVD formatting that began several years ago…read more about the DVD format battle
A few common code words that are often used in chat rooms and forums:
BTW - by the way
BRB - be right back
TYVM -thank you very much
YW - you’re welcome
LOL- laughing out loud
L8R - later
NRN - no reply necessary
SOS - same old stuff
AYPI? - and your point is?
ATM - at the moment
BAC - back at computer
B4 - before
BBFN - bye bye for now
BC - be cool
GMTA - great minds think alike
HTH - hope this helps
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