Fujitsu Siemens to do both HD DVD and Blu-ray

by Marc Perton, posted Mar 10th 2006 at 6:40PM

Following LG's lead, Fujitsu-Siemens has announced that it too will avoid taking sides in the Blu-ray/HD DVD war, and will support both platforms. "We don't take a stand in that fight, and actually we're very sorry that fight is happening," a Fujitsu-Siemens exec told Reuters. The move isn't exactly a shock: Fujitsu has already declared its neutrality, and Siemens has never endorsed either platform. And Fujitsu-Siemens is hardly a major force in the global market for HD hardware (though they do make the world's most desirable laptop, which has to count for something). Still, we doubt this makes either Toshiba or Sony very happy. As far as they're concerned, when it comes to next-gen data and HD media, there can be only one.

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

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hmurchison @ Mar 10th 2006 6:52PM

Sounds like common sense creeping in. What do they care regarding the formats? They make their money shipping hardware and more options are generally better than fewer.

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Matthew @ Mar 10th 2006 6:57PM

If they really wanted a single standard instead of putting both in, they would refuse to put either in until agreement was reached.

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DC @ Mar 10th 2006 7:32PM

"As far as they're concerned, when it comes to next-gen data and HD media, there can be only one."

You mean Optware's holographic HDV, holding up to one terabyte per disc?

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100 ipod movies @ Mar 10th 2006 9:36PM

I cant wait to see how this fight turns out. Its difficult to see both formats making it at the same time, I believe one is going to loose; but I cant tell which one.

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tom french @ Mar 12th 2006 2:41AM

i guess it will be the one with the best bang-for-buck that will win this war. i have heard that hd-dvd is much cheaper.

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