Some called it a battle. Others a war. But the blue laser thing was more like a tussle…a two year tussle.

HD DVD had Toshiba, the DVD Forum (that sure helped DVD-RAM?) and a few studios that were kinda, maybe, sorta on their side. Oh yeah…and Microsoft.BD had Sony and its string of content owners, Panasonic, the CE industry and a lot of financially grateful production houses.On one side a technology leader who wanted to have a consumer presence.