] The advent of Blu-ray and HD DVD may give rise to a ] format war reminiscent of the Betamax-VHS contest in the ] early days of videocassette recorders. At stake are ] potentially billions of dollars in hardware and discs as ] the demand for high-definition content grows. ] ] In the midst of the battle, for which the two sides ] mounted elaborate floor displays this month at the ] Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mr. Greenhall is ] asking, Why wait for the giants to sort it all out? ] There's a little guy, he said, with a high-definition ] solution right now: his own company's DivX 6 software. I don't think DivX is going to make a difference here; its so tainted by p2p that Hollywood probably won't touch it with a 10-foot pole. Nevertheless, an interesting gambit. |