High-def DVD; A free-for-all: Myriad studio interests, formats, patents muddle progress.(studios are working to develop a workable format for HD-DVDs)

Video Business, June, 2003 by Sweeting, Paul

High-definition video produces pictures of remarkably clarity, but the pictures might be the only thing clear about the development of an HD-DVD format. With the introduction of prerecorded HD-DVDs at least three years off, the studios most intimately involved in trying to develop a workable format are pursuing a variety of different agendas, shattering for now any hope of presenting a united front to technology developers and hardware makers to guide the R&D efforts.

The Hollywood Advisory Council, formed by the studios last year to develop a "wish list" of features the studios would like to see in any new format, has not met since its former chairperson, Par Wyatt, stepped down as president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in December. ...

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