Royalties: What the war was all about

As always as far as business goes, it all boils down to money... lots of money. Read this article to see why Blu-ray put up such a big game and for some insight into how the industry works.

Forget about customer satisfaction or superiority of image quality. The real issue in the war between Blu-ray and HD DVD was about royalties.
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Royalties were one of the primary reasons that it took so long to get manufacturers to come out with players that could handle both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. Manufacturers with dual-format players have to license technology from both camps, which boosts costs.

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