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After years of backing only one format in the recordable DVD format war, Apple Computer is adding limited support of a rival format into its operating system. Apple, a longtime supporter of the DVD-R ...

Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy. Paramount Home ...

Chances looked slim that consumers will be spared a DVD format war, as the backers of one standard said Sept. 2 there was no common ground for a unified format and it was on track for a market launch… ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has picked Blu-ray over HD DVD in the market battle for the format of high-definition video. The nation's largest retailer said Friday it has decided to sell only Blu-ray DVDs and ...

Toshiba and NEC may have won the support of the DVD Forum for their proposed new HD DVD video format, but industry observers warn of a new format war looming. The losers in the standards contest — a ...

Two new DVD formats are due out soon; one from Sony and one from Toshiba. The companies are battling for supremacy in the high-definition market. But what does it mean for the consumer? Is it time to ...

TOKYO — The biggest consumer-electronics format war in a generation is officially over. Toshiba threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology Tuesday, announcing that it would no longer develop, produce ...