Date:         Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:07:47 -0500
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From:         Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: One format war now decided?
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Newshour on PBS had a story on this topic tonight:
http://tinyurl.com/38vtqq
Link is for MP3 of the story from PBS website.

-- Tom Fine

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From: "Scott Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] One format war now decided?


....I didn't know. I guess it doesn't matter any more though... 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] One format war now decided?

Scott Phillips wrote:
> As far as I know, the Blu-Ray players don't, but the DVD-HD format is 
> backwards compatible.

Every Blu-Ray player I've looked at plays DVDs as well.  There may be
models that don't, but they're the exception, not the rule.