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"Hot on the heels of Mitsubishi and Pioneer teaming up on LTH BD-Rs, along comes Sharp to give Pioneer yet another ally. According to a recent announcement, Sharp and Pioneer have \"entered into a business and capital alliance agreement\" that will utilize resources of both firms to potentially benefit the pair. Interestingly, the partnership describes a number of key areas in which collaboration will take place, and aside from network-related gizmos, in-car electronics and the development of new \"audio-visual products,\" the only area left is the \"next-generation DVD field.\" Reportedly, the two are hoping to \"develop new next-generation DVD related products\" by utilizing Sharp's blue-violet laser diode and Pioneer's optical disk technology. Of course, only time will tell what impact this will (or won't) have. [Warning: PDF read link][Via TWICE]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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