Intel, Microsoft back HD-DVD as next-gen standard
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Intel and Microsoft have agreed to back Toshiba's HD-DVD as the next-generation DVD standard. The companies had waited to extend this backing while Toshiba wrangled with Sony in an attempt to combine HD-DVD with Sony's Blu-Ray, a competing next-generation DVD contender. But after those talks fell apart, Intel and Microsoft elected to support HD-DVD, which they feel has a better chance of replacing DVD in the market.