EU Opens Unofficial HD DVD and Blu-ray Probe

Posted Jul 30, 2006 at 1:34AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Blu-ray, European Commission, gaming accessories, HD-DVD, Sony, Toshiba

The European Commission has recently launched an unofficial antitrust investigation into the two emerging DVD formats that will be sported by two of the battling next-gen consoles-- the Toshiba-supported HD-DVD on the Xbox 360 corner, and the Sony-backed Blu-Ray on the PS3's side.

Both formats, who are fighting for next-gen audio-visual format dominance, will be probed by the commission because they suspect that the licensing terms both are applying for breach European competition rules. A spokesperson for the commission who wants to maintain his anonymity said that "we sent a letter earlier this month to the makers of HD DVD and Blu-ray to request information about licensing,Â”

Apparently, Sony had already confirmed that they have received the said letter, but on the other side of the fence, the Toshiba camp has not spoken anything about it. The replies of the companies will be very important since these will help the European Commission determine if they will open a hassling and full-time antitrust probe or if they would just drop it.

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Well the EU is an odd bunch I'll say. DVD's are getting crazy cheap. The movie companies need to be getting more for buck for there bang so the new and improved versions are out... So I look at this BR vs HD a nice healthy fight for a new way to get movies. At least for the time being. Once they've been out for a bit I hope they're not gonna be $30 new 10 extra dollars a piece is not my cup of tea for a new movie

# Just yesterday — Guest 2006-07-30 04:56

I saw something like a first gen BluRay player serving two 42' TVs via component (not-hdmi), the quality of the video was AWESOME. Now I need badly a PS3 and a decent TV (something at least 32').

# Damn the EU! — Guest 2006-07-31 01:59

Why can't the UK leave it, they just cause too much trouble. I doubt the PS3 will come with standard DVD, it'd be morel ike the PSP, delayed for a while untill everything is sorted.

# well — Guest 2006-07-31 04:11

Its about licencses..... I'm sure they can sort it out in the remaining 3 months....

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