Re: OT: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD, Will the maddness never end?!?!

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:38:39 +0000 (UTC), Carl wrote:

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> My understanding is that Sony was going to clamp down and prevent
> copying from DVD to hard disk but HD-DVD isn't. Also, HD-DVD
> will read older format DVDs and CDs, BluRay will not,

Both formats will read DVDs and CDs, this has been confirmed.

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