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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 20 September 2006 | |
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The patent, reportedly filed by three Warner Bros staff members, aims to solve the problem of video consumers having to choose between formats. In addition, the patent claims to solve the problem of movie studios having to decide whether to produce movies in all three formats or just one or two. What the patent doesn't mention however is the cost of producing readable discs capable of supporting three layers of different formats. Presumably the three-layer manufacturing process would be more complex, involve more steps and thus be more costly. |
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