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Tech: Next-gen DVDs go HD

While DVDs and their players are still selling robustly at all levels of retail, the industry is already buzzing about what comes next in a never-ending format evolution. There are two camps driving the debate, and only one point of agreement unites them: Consumers are starting to invest in high-definition tvs at a good clip, and standard dvd players and disks aren't currently up to delivering HD content.

January 1, 2005

While DVDs and their players are still selling robustly at all levels of retail, the industry is already buzzing about what comes next in a never-ending format evolution. There are two camps driving the debate, and only one point of agreement unites them: Consumers are starting to invest in high-definition tvs at a good clip, and standard dvd players and disks aren't currently up to delivering HD content.