As we reported a couple days ago, the talks between Toshiba and Sony to reach a unified format have stalled. Now it is Monday, and over at Mac World we can read that they have more than stalled when the top negotiator for Toshiba makes such strong remarks:
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Maybe this is a new way to strike bargains at
the table, giving ultimatums for your negotiating partners to the
press, but I doubt it. It's about as productive as Toshibas 45 gigabyte disc press announcement earlier last week, which was an attempt to show the HD-DVD disc can hold as much data as a Blu-ray disc. But, to accomplish this increase in storage capability, they had to add a third layer, which therefore, is much to do about nothing. Blu-ray can hold 50 gigabytes on 2 layers already. In addition, Blu-ray has said they predict even 8 layer 200 gigabyte capacity discs are possible with their format.
According to various reports, the key to the entire agreement is definitely focused around disc structure and which camp has the best strategy, at least in Toshibas eyes this is a sticking point. Toshiba had even stated earlier on, if Sony's technology was shown to be superior, they would be willing to accept that writing strategy. But, as Fujii told reporters today, the Sony side failed to provide such evidence, at leasdt in terms of cost and applications, so it looks like we are about to get another dose of PR from both sides for the next days. Stay tuned.
Source: Mac World
