[Pc_Support] Intel, Microsoft to support HD DVD, not BlueRay ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 11:59 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
> The Forrester Group, whoever they are, have pronounced that Blue-ray
> will be the victor in a race that hasn't even started - one horse
> (hd-dvd) went back to the vet for a checkup while the other (blu-ray) is
> in the box waiting for the whistle.
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051019/tv_nm/blu_ray_dvd_dc

Ummm, that's not a very good analogy.  It's more like _both_ are now at
the vet for a checkup.  HD-DVD was supposed to be out first, but now it
looks like HD-DVD will be released at the same time as Blu-Ray.

I honestly don't know why there is all this "pro Blu-Ray" media.  It's
not legacy DVD compatible, it's clearly built by Sony with content
control in mind, and it's not PC/data friendly.

HD-DVD has content control in mind too (and improved over legacy DVD),
but Blu-Ray is far more restrictive.

> Also, Warner has changed from HD-DVD to Blu-ray:
> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID
> =2005-10-20T225631Z_01_SCH082504_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MEDIA-WARNER-DC.XML

I expect every RIAA/MPAA member to support Blu-Ray over HD-DVD.


-- 
Bryan J. Smith     b.j.smith at ieee.org     http://thebs413.blogspot.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if
you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman