This year's Consumer Electronics Show has been filled with a number of highlights. However, the battle for High Definition DVD recording may just be taking center-stage.

The gist of the spirited disparity has to do with deciding upon and endorsing a particular type of DVD storage that will increase disk capacity exponentially, a necessary amount if consumers want High Definition-quality recordings. The formats fighting to become the industry standard are Blu-Ray and HD-DVD recording.

In what is shaping up to be another VHS versus Beta type of battle, many electronic conglomerates are taking opposing sides, ensuring the subject will be highly competitive and perhaps heated; effectively becoming what the BBCNews calls ‘A Format War'.


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