Sony, Toshiba want single HD-DVD standard

Sony and Toshiba are reportedly working on an agreement to jointly develop a unified standard for next-gen DVDs.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its online edition that Sony and Toshiba stepped up closed-door negotiations in February to find a resolution to the standoff between their competing products.

The two companies are said to be discussing which of the two formats’ architectures would be dominant in any combined format.

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