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posted on 07 March 2008 02:58

According to a report Sony is talking to Microsoft and Apple about incorporating Blu-ray drives in the Xbox 360 and Macs.

Following on from the collapse of HD-DVD as a contender to Blu-ray for the post-DVD optical disk market Sony now has the field to itself with its Blu-ray format.

Microsoft did make HD-DVD available on the Xbox but this has now ceased to be viable following Toshiba's withdrawl from HD-DVD drive supply.

Apple has witheld from making a decision about which high-definition video disk format to support.

Neither Apple nor Microsoft would confirm talks are taking place.

More here.

Separately Sony Electronics CEO Stan Glasgow thinks that a Blu-ray player price of $299 could be reached this year; that's less than a PlayStation3, and a price of $200 reached in 2009.