Blu-ray outsells HD DVD in U.S. for first nine months
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| Home Media Research, a division of Home Media Magazine, said on Tuesday total
| U.S. sales of Blu-ray discs, using a Sony-backed technology, totaled 2.6
| million units from January 1 through September 30, versus 1.4 million HD DVD
| discs sold.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6214944.html
A loss for HD DVD is also a loss for XBox360.
Related:
Vole bribes HD buyers with free disks
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| That's apart from the copy of King Kong that comes in the box. Given the
| extravagant pricing of HD-DVD movies on the high street, that practically
| gets you the HD player for free.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/22/vole-bribes-hd-buyers-free
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival
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| But money talks: Paramount and DreamWorks Animation together will receive
| about $150 million in financial incentives for their commitment to HD
| DVD, according to two Viacom executives with knowledge of the deal but
| who asked not to be identified.
|
| The incentives will come in a combination of cash and promotional
| guarantees. Toshiba, for instance, will use the release of “Shrek the
| Third” as part of an HD DVD marketing campaign.
|
| Paramount and DreamWorks Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the
| most prominent technology company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not
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| rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. “We provided no financial
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| incentives to Paramount or DreamWorks whatsoever,” said Amir Majidimehr,
| the head of Microsoft’s consumer media technology group.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/technology/21disney.html?ei=5088&en=d4e1f285e2f41437&ex=1345348800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1187698143-B5wO3L/F+4r1NyAsum87vQ
Microsoft fights for the life of HD DVD as Blu-ray gains retail support
http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/07/microsoft-fight.html
Microsoft cuts Xbox DVD player to $179
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| Attaching the players to popular game consoles is seen by both camps as a way
| to get the technology into millions of homes, and pique consumers' interest.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198919.html
Is Toshiba Giving Away The Razor [HD DVD] To Get You To Buy The Blades?
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| I just received an e-mail tonight from the folks at the EMA (Electronic
| Merchant's Association), who are responsible for a big industry event next
| week, the Home Media Expo.
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http://www.dvddossier.com/2007/07/a2-toshiba-hd-d.html
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
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| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
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| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
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|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
|
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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