Pressure to make more consumer friendly a standard for the next generation of DVDs continued to mount yesterday.

Boston-based Forrester Research predicted a victory for that standard, Blu-ray, over its rival, HD-DVD, but only a Pyrrhic one if the tough digital rights management (DRM) scheme incorporated into the technology isn't relaxed.

Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Latest News about Hewlett-Packard, the nation's second largest PC maker, called on the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to modify its proposed standard to allow limited copying of platters for use on a home network.

Read more about the HD DVD vs Blu Ray DVD format war at http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/DeayC8diuq7LsX/Forrester-HP-Backing-Blu-ray-Over-HD-DVD.xhtml.