mmmm, a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD sandwich

Yummy, that kinda sandwich would end our favorite new format war ™ lickety-split. It’s like the genius of you putting your chocolate in my peanut butter. But with Blu-Ray. And HD-DVD. In one drive. Oh, here’s the story…

The war between Blu-ray and HD DVD over high-definition disc formats rages on, with no sign yet that either camp will throw in the towel. But thanks to some new optics developed by Ricoh, you might not have to choose between the two. The Ricoh design enables a single drive to read Blu-ray discs, HD DVDs, CDs, and DVDs–by using a special diffraction plate that lets the drive focus its laser at the different depth each disc uses. That’s a welcome bit of technology in a format battle that seems to be growing more unsettled by the day.

Source: PC World via Yahoo