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The emergence of high definition players followed the entry of HDTV televisions into the mainstream market in the mid-2000s. Consumer-grade high definition players required an inexpensive storage medium capable of holding the larger amount of data needed for HD video. [4] The breakthrough came with Shuji Nakamura's invention of the blue laser diode, whose shorter wavelength opened the door to higher density optical media following a six-year patent dispute. [5] Arnold, Thomas K. (April 30, 2008). "Paramount unveils initial Blu-ray slate". Reuters . Retrieved May 1, 2008. The format war's resolution in favour of Blu-ray was primarily decided by two factors: shifting business alliances, including decisions by major film studios and retail distributors, [37] and Sony's decision to include a Blu-ray player in the PlayStation 3 video game console. [38] [39] Studio, distributor alliances [ edit ] Sony's decision to incorporate a Blu-ray Disc player as a standard feature of the PlayStation 3 video game console also helped ensure the format's eventual triumph. [39] By the time Toshiba ceded the market, about 10.5 million of the Sony consoles had been sold worldwide versus an estimated 1 million HD DVD players—including both standalone units and the add-on player for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, which did not use the HD DVD add-on for gaming unlike the PS3 which had games that used the added storage capacity of Blu-ray discs. This equipment gap was a factor in Blu-ray titles (including the ones bundled with the PS3) outselling their HD DVD counterparts two to one in the United States and three or four to one in Europe. Michiyo Nakamoto (May 17, 2005). "Sony-Toshiba DVD format talks stall". ft.com . Retrieved October 19, 2007.

S.B. Luitjens (June 15, 2001). "Blue laser bolsters DTV storage, features". planetanalog.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002 . Retrieved October 19, 2007.

Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High-Def DVDs Only in Blu-ray Format". Netflix press release. February 11, 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008 . Retrieved February 11, 2008. On August 22, 2005, the Blu-ray Disc Association and DVD Forum announced that the negotiations to unify their standards had failed. [21] Rumors surfaced that talks had stalled; publicly, the same reasons of physical format incompatibility were cited. [16] [20] At the end of September, Microsoft and Intel jointly announced their support for HD DVD. [22] Acer, Alpine, Asus, HP, Hitachi Maxell, Kenwood, Lanix, LG, Lite-On, Meridian, Onkyo and Samsung, [30] provided non-exclusive support. Ken Young (October 20, 2005). "HP calls for changes to Blu-ray". vnunet.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2005 . Retrieved October 19, 2007.

Blu-ray Disc Founders Open the Door for Blu-ray Disc Association To Welcome New Members". Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. On January 4, 2008, Warner Bros., which has the largest market share of DVDs, announced plans to drop HD DVD support completely as of the beginning of June 2008. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, some HD DVD-related events and private meetings with analysts and retailers were canceled, including an event scheduled for the eve of the show sponsored by the North American HD DVD Promotional Group. Kessler, Michelle (January 14, 2008). "Toshiba turns up heat in DVD war with big price cut". USA Today . Retrieved January 15, 2008. Compact disc ( CD): CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, 5.1 Music Disc, Super Audio CD ( SACD), Photo CD, CD Video ( CDV), Video CD ( VCD), Super Video CD ( SVCD), CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, MIL-CD, Mini CD Yoshiko Hara (November 26, 2003). "HD DVD Format Wins Key Nod From DVD Forum". techweb.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007 . Retrieved October 19, 2007.

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Grover, Ronald; Peter Burrows; Cliff Edwards (October 5, 2005). "A Warner Bros. Green Light for Blu-ray?". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on October 13, 2005 . Retrieved January 14, 2008. The Blu-ray Disc Foundation was formed by Hitachi, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson on May 20, 2002. [28] Other early supporters included Dell, HP, Mitsubishi and TDK. [29] The Blu-ray Disc Association was inaugurated on October 4, 2004 by 14 companies of Board of Directors which added 20th Century Fox to the 13 above-mentioned companies, Contributors of 22 companies, General members of 37 companies, and a total of 73 companies.

Evan Ramstad (April 8, 1998). "In HDTV Age, Successor to VCR Still Seems to Be a Long Way Off". online.wsj.com . Retrieved October 18, 2007. Lawler, Richard (March 23, 2006). "Toshiba delays HD-DVD rollout". Engadget. AOL Inc . Retrieved July 24, 2014. HD DVD players and movies were released in the United States on 18 April 2006. [26] The first Blu-ray Disc titles were released on June 20, 2006, and the first movies using dual layer Blu-ray discs (50GB) were introduced in October 2006. [27] Alliances [ edit ] Kageyama, Yuri (February 19, 2008). "Toshiba quits HD DVD business". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press . Retrieved March 25, 2008.Moskovciak, Matthew (November 7, 2007). "Format war fanboys shut down AVS Forum". CNET. CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 4, 2017. Sony started two projects applying the new diodes: Ultra Density Optical and, with Pioneer, DVR Blue. [6] The first DVR Blue prototypes were unveiled at the CEATEC exhibition in October 2000. On February 19, 2002, the project was officially announced as Blu-ray, [7] and the Blu-ray Disc Association was founded by a consortium of nine electronics companies. Sung, Chinmei; Andy Fixmer (January 14, 2008). "Toshiba Cuts Retail Prices of HD DVD Players by 50%". Bloomberg . Retrieved January 15, 2008. In an attempt to avoid a costly format war, the Blu-ray Disc Association and DVD Forum started to negotiate a compromise in early 2005. [ citation needed] One of the issues was that Blu-ray's supporters wanted to use a Java-based platform for interactivity ( BD-J), while the DVD Forum was promoting Microsoft's "iHD" (which became HDi). [15] A much larger issue, though, was the physical formats of the discs themselves; the Blu-ray Disc Association's member companies did not want to risk losing billions of dollars in royalties as they had done with standard DVD. [16] An agreement seemed close, but negotiations proceeded slowly. [17] The DVD Forum, chaired by Toshiba, was deeply split over whether to go with the more expensive blue lasers, whose discs initially required a protective caddy to avoid mishandling, making the medium more expensive and physically different from DVDs. [8] In March 2002, the forum voted to approve a proposal endorsed by Warner Bros. and other motion picture studios that involved compressing HD content onto dual-layer DVD-9 discs. [9] [10] In spite of this decision, the DVD Forum's Steering Committee announced in April 2002 that it was pursuing its own blue-laser high-definition solution. In August, Toshiba and NEC announced their competing standard Advanced Optical Disc, [11] which was finally adopted by the DVD Forum and renamed "HD DVD" the following year [12] after being voted down twice by Blu-ray Disc Association members, prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to make preliminary investigations. [13] Three new members had to be invited and the voting rules changed before the initiative finally passed. [14]