[Pc_Support] HD-DVD peep lambasts Blu-Ray

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 23:09 -0500, Damien McKenna wrote:
> http://www.betanews.com/article/HD_DVD_Bluray_Has_Problems/1136673259

Sounds like BluRay could be a repeat of the 3 phase @ 3 year:  
- Japan-only 3.0GB DVD-R+W
- 1st gen DVD+RW without DVD-R, then without an update to DVD+R
- 2nd gen DVD+RW/+R, but virtually player compatibility at release

Sony has a nasty habit of aiming far, reducing compatibility, reducing
reliability and really not giving a crap when they miss, let alone not
explaining it to the vendors.

Furthermore, I'm sure HP's (among other vendors') weariness is because
they got their butts sued because they promised DVD+R via a firmware
upgrade for their DVD100i (1st gen DVD+RW), and ended up having to
replace consumers' drives with free DVD200i as a result.

Then there is the "studio influence" that just makes me wonder.
Especially since the BluRay Java-application tie-in and filesystem are
preferred over HD-DVD's DHTML markup and the UDF existing standard.


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