Blu-Ray launches in the UK
Today the first Blu-Ray disk’s were released for general consumption in Europe. This is a massive step forward for the HD movement. The only problem with this is that there are no players available to play this new format on. The first two Blu-Ray players come in two weeks from Samsung and Panasonic, with players from Pioneer, Philips and JVC following. Sony are going to release their player near Christmas, although they have already angered many European fans by delaying the launch of the Playstation 3 that also has Blu-Ray playback capability.
We can all be sure that HD-DVD will not be far behind, with players from Toshiba arriving soon. In other related news, there are rumours that Apple may be about to announce their support for HD-DVD alongside their existing support for Blu-Ray. This would make sense as Apple will want to provide support for both in their next release of Final Cut Studio, particularly DVD Studio Pro.
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