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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 4025784" data-attributes="member: 149">Er. Just about everything you put in this post is incorrect.Sony developed Blu-Ray (not HD-DVD), thus it's use in the PS3. They have attempted to promulgate it as a standard akin to that for DVD or CDs. So there are a number of other companies that have "signed on" to the standard, such as Apple (though they have not actually released any Blu-Ray hardware for some reason).HD-DVD was developed by Toshiba (who owns a lot of the patents related to DVDs). So basically you have two Japanese companies warring over the standard (So you are right at least in it having nothing to do with America). Their offering was adopted by the DVD standards body as the "high def" sequel to DVD. But the DVD portion of the name has proven to have exactly zero influence on consumers, who largely seem baffled, clueless or simply uninterested in the Hi-Def formats.Neither Sony nor Toshiba owns the CD format, its a standard which is independent of any one company. As is DVD. The CD standard was developed in a collaboration between Philips and Sony though. Patent income has played a large roll in fueling the hi-def format war, as there are fees involved in licensing the patents necessary for any of the standards. This income is the main reason why Sony and Toshiba have been fighting this war.</blockquote>