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Samsung Makes a Bold Choice, Decides to Focus on Blu-ray Over HD DVD [Home Entertainment]

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bluraymorans.jpgOh man, big news, guys! I don't know if you've heard, but it looks like Blu-ray has won the format war and HD DVD is dead! You heard it here first, spread the news! In fact, Samsung has just announced that it's scaling back its HD DVD operations and focusing more on Blu-ray. "Samsung is expected to show more interest in Blu-ray products than rival HD DVDs," says the Director of Obvious Decisions at Samsung headquarters. Toshiba, seriously, make this official so we can move on. Please. [Korea Times via Pocket Lint]


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