Will Blu-ray, HD DVD be united by 2008?

Chipmakers such as Broadcom, NEC and STMicroelectronics are preparing components that will allow consumer electronics manufacturers to come out with players and PCs that will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

And these universal players may come out sometime in 2007, according to a story in EE Times. While the report was a little vague about when in 2007 these players might come out, at least one exec was bullish on the presence of these machines in 2008.
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