Neil Young to release music video archive on Blu-ray DVDs

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Rocker Neil Young said Tuesday he is teaming up with Sun Microsystems Inc. to release a music video archive on Blu-ray DVDs.

Young unveiled the collaboration at a JavaOne conference in San Francisco, giving a high-profile endorsement Sony's high-definition DVD technology that was recently crowned victor in format wars with Toshiba's HD DVD.

He said the high-definition format allows high quality music reproduction to be blended with rich graphics in a manner that does his works justice.

"It is important for me that the user experience the high resolution music along with the archival visual material," Young said.

"Previous technology required unacceptable quality compromises. The technology had not yet evolved to that capability....

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