In another blow for the Blu-ray format, Samsung, Sony and Pioneer have all pushed back the release dates for their DVD players
Samsung, Sony and Pioneer have all pushed back the release dates for their Blu-ray players

Blu-ray players delayed again

Format war looking a bit one-sided so far

Matt Chapman

In another blow for the Blu-ray format, Samsung, Sony and Pioneer have all pushed back the release dates for their DVD players. 

Players from Samsung and Pioneer will not hit the shops until September, while Sony claimed that its BDP-S1 Blu-ray player will be out in August.

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The Blu-ray format has been delayed a number of times, as vendors have tried to keep up with the rival HD-DVD format that is already available. 

The news comes as Microsoft's European Xbox chief Neil Thompson attacked the delayed PlayStation 3 console, which will play Blu-ray discs.

"I think Sony has missed the ball in that the PS3 is not really a next-generation games player, it's a next-generation DVD player," Thompson told the Spong games review website.

"That's great news for Microsoft, because we think we make the next-generation games console."

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