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Now you won't have to choose between HD-DVD, Blu-Ray

By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / November 10, 2006

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Consumers who can't decide between the two warring formats for high-definition DVD players might want to wait till next year. That's when a new "universal" chip from a band of engineers in Andover will allow electronics firms to make a single player to handle both types of disk -- HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. (Full article: 479 words)

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