Tom Shelton wrote:
> On 2008-02-20, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Linonut on Wednesday 20 February 2008 12:36 : \____
>>
>>> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> ____/ RonB on Wednesday 20 February 2008 06:37 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Tim Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There's an interesting article over at Ars Technica about what HD-DVD
>>>>>> should have done different. One of the points is that they should
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> included more DRM. Several studios, including Fox and Lionsgate,
>>>>>> went with Blu-Ray because it has more DRM.
>>>>
>>>> Once again the Microsoft shill, Tim Smith, advocates DVD on behalf of a
>>>> company that admittedly loves it so much.
>>>
>>> Roy! Snap out of it! You're so on edge you used the wrong acronym!
>>> <grin>
>>
>> Oops. Typo/slip. DRM it should have been. I didn't reread it.
>>
>>>> Whatever the DVD format, this isn't of much relevance to Linux, but
>>>> Blu-Ray's win is a huge blow to Microsoft (primarily a financial blow)
>>>> and good news to a unit that can run Linux (live CD), have it
>>>> installed, or even _pre_installed for years to come.
>>>
>>> This HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray stuff never meant much to me. I barely
>>> traffic in audio CDs and DVDs these days. Too much computer fun!
>>
>> Internet television is pretty nice. It's interactive, searchable,
>> recordable. As for HD DVD, that's going to cost Microsoft. It is already
>> trying to deny this because analysts predict kah-kah for XBox.
>>
>
> How exactly is it going to hurt MS or the XBox? The xbox doesn't use
> HD-DVD for it's games. It was simply an addon unit, that you can buy.
> An addon, Roy. Not standard equipment.
>
> I read last year that MS was already talking to some one (I can't
> remember who) about developing a blu-ray player addon for the xbox 360.
> There was a reason that MS didn't make the HD-DVD standard in the xbox -
> and that was because they didn't want to be tied to the format if it
> didn't take off.
>
> I think you'll find that in the end, the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray war was
> pointless. The future is in downloadable content. Apple TV, Comcast On
> Demand, XBox live, and Amazon. XBox live already has hd-content and is
> rumored to be partnering with Netflix - which should push their selection
> to
> over 7,000 movies/tv shows for on demand viewing. Nope, this format war
> was a destraction.
>
Microsoft was the big funder behind Toshiba in the hd-dvd fiasco... Now that
no one is buying it, it's a TOTAL loss... going nowhere...
Top that, they have to EAT all those hd-dvd add-on units for the XBOX360...
Another big waste of money. Ho hum...
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Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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