Two competing and incompatible versions of the next-generation DVD player will hit the market. A machine from Toshiba is based on the new HD-DVD format, and Samsung Electronics will offer the first machine that works on the competing high-definition format called Blu-ray. Sony is expected to announce the particulars and pricing of two Blu-ray products to be launched later this year. The HD-DVD side has fewer studios lined up, but more movies should be out soon after Toshiba's HD-A1 machine is available in stores. Only a few movies at first will be available in either of the new formats, but Sony wants to sell 16 Blu-ray titles by June. Other studios that have committed to releasing movies on Blu-ray discs are News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox, Lions Gate Entertainment, Time Warner's Warner Brothers, Viacom's Paramount Pictures, and Walt Disney Company. Currently, consumers can purchase an inexpensive DVD player, and many other options are available for watching movies in the home. However, the new DBVD formats will hold up to six times the amount of data as current DVDs. Pictures should be sharper, colors more vivid, and deeper sounds will be heard. A high-definition TV set or computer screen is needed to obtain the enhanced abilities. The two types of players will not play discs made for the other high-definition format, but both will play existing DVDs and CDs. Toshiba has also shown the first notebook computer with a built-in HD-DVD drive. Samsung's BD-1000 will have several Sony and Lions Gate movies available around launch time.