The stakes are huge for one group led by Sony Corp., developer of the standard known as Blu-ray, and another led by Toshiba Corp., developer of the rival HD-DVD standard, with each party standing to reap a fortune in royalties if its candidate becomes the next industry standard.

Most attention to date has focused on a new generation of video players that can take advantage of up to 30GB of storage capacity -- six times the amount in current DVDs -- to show movies in high definition.

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