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Universal Music backs Blu-ray

Posted by Sachin Garg on 19th August 2005 | Permanent Link

Two weeks after Twentieth Century Fox decided to put their film and TV back catalogue onto Blu-ray, Universal Music has also chosen Blu-ray.

Apparently they haven’t yet decided on which audio codec to use. They are currently looking into advanced audio codecs, including lossless codecs, and multi-channel surround sound music is likely.

As if the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray standoff wasn’t enough, if the codec choice will now depend on which brand published the DVD, with each one possibly using a different one, life for users and DVD-player-manufacturers is set to be miserable. Not to mention that the codecs may have a licensing cost attached. But I am not really sure what the current status on this is.

Also, in a curious twist, Universal Pictures, which is a division of General Electric-owned NBC Universal and unrelated to the music group, has decided to back the rival Toshiba-led HD DVD format.

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One Response to “Universal Music backs Blu-ray”

  1. c10n Says:
    August 23rd, 2005 at 10:59 pm

    [...] too much of an impact and that both formats will live happily ever after. There are also reports of no standard codec being decided to be used on these DVDs.

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