Earlier this year, we reported that two Warner Bros. engineers filed a
patent for a triple format disc capable of holding Blu-ray, HD DVD and standard DVD content. It appears that the company is putting this
technology to use. According to a report by CNET, Warner Bros' new True HD discs will contain content in both HD DVD and Blu-ray
formats.
Warner Bros., which helped popularize the DVD more than a decade ago, plans to announce next week a single videodisc
that can play films and television programs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, the rival DVD technologies.
Warner Bros., a division of
Time Warner, plans to formally announce the new disc, which it is calling a Total HD disc, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
on Tuesday.
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