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According to Reuters, a survey showed that about one in five may buy high-definition DVD players or discs in 2006. Peerflix surveyed about 1,100 of its active users, who said they buy an average of five DVDs and rent an average of seven DVDs per month, about how likely they are to buy a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player or discs. 6% of Peerflix said they were “very likely” and 13% were “somewhat likely” to buy a high-definition player in 2006.

In other news, Sony has delayed Blu-Ray disc to June 20, which, in theory would allow HD-DVD to further the nonexistent market. While a good question is if Microsoft unveil an HD-DVD attachment at E3 for their Xbox 360, the survey makes you wonder if anyone cares about next-gen DVDs yet?

According to the news, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced another delay in the release of the first movies for its next generation DVD format Blu-ray. It seems Blu-ray movies are postponed a month - till June 20 - to coincide with the launch of the world’s first Blu-ray player. According to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment president, the delay was requested from all Blu-ray manufactures.

However, Samsung will also release the world’s first Blu-ray player in June although it was initially planned for release on May 23.

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Toshiba announced recently the release in Japan its first laptop computer with a built-in HD-DVD drive. The Qosmio G30, who is expected in May, will to be the first computer available with HD-DVD drive. The new format was launched just over a week ago in Japan when Toshiba began selling an HD-DVD player. Toshiba also said that the launch plans for Europe and the US had not yet been decided.

The laptop is based on a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor and will have a 17in widescreen LCD (liquid crystal display) panel with 1,920×1,200 pixel (WUXGA) resolution. The HD-DVD drive will be 12.7mm high and able to play HD-DVD-ROM discs and read and write CDs and DVDs, including DVD+/-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD-RAM.