Why Sony &Toshiba are making so much fuss abt Blu Ray &HD DVD format.While LG is Integrating both formats?

Question

I am rather amazed have these companies patented these formats and licensing them to other companies??.

While others such as LG and Samsung are coming with players supporting both formats.

Then people will only buy players supporting both. and wont that take away the sale frm both Sony and Toshiba.

Till now which is successful?

Answer 1

It's all about patent royalties. Even if LG makes an optical unit that supports both format, then it has to pay BOTH Sony and Toshiba for royalties. Both Sony and Toshiba know that long-term some other company will be selling HD players far cheaper than them (same thing happened with DVD players), but the royalties will still be coming in...

Answer 2

Well, Paramount (and all its subsidiaries) announced it will drop Blu-ray in favor of just HD-DVD. Though, within months they will be outdated. An indian company has developed a 1 terabyte disk (while HD and Blu-ray only hold 50G). It should be on the marked within months, and the company predicts having a 5 terabyte disk within a year.