The future DVD standard is one of our fave topics here at BBB because it will have a huge impact on the future of entertainment. As we’ve said before, the new format war between Sony and Toshiba is more than just a reprise of the VHS vs. Betamax war of the 80’s. If these guys were smart they’d just come up with a unified standard already. Because at this rate, by the time one of these formats makes it to market, we’ll be downloading movies instantaneously to our cellphones.
Although initial reports indicated that Toshiba and Sony were on the cusp of a wet, sloppy make-up kiss over their competing Blu-ray and HD DVD standards, Toshiba totally wrote this note that was like, “What? Psh!.” And the they were all, “absolutely no decision has been made for unification on any basis,” which—OMG—and I guess Sony was still talking to Matsushita, right? And Mat was getting all skranked out because Sony was talking about letting Toshiba’s friends start making the new discs, and it was all, “Oh no. No you don’t.” So, yeah, it’s all so crazy! I think this means that Sony and Toshiba are still broken up, the whores. Right? They’re total whores.
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