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Re: [News] Financial Times: Blu-Ray Win a Blow to Microsoft

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> WB for Blu-ray
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>| How much does the failure of HD-DVD reflect a conscious rejection of 
>| Microsoft, I wonder? 
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> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9086260c-bc8a-11dc-bcf9-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
> 

An interesting possibility.  Microsoft have been so awful to their
customers for so long, I can see that a huge build-up of resentment
could well result in people taking almost irrational seeming decisions
merely for "recompense" for how they were treated as customers.

> Sony DVD move deals blow to Microsoft
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>| The high definition video strategies of Toshiba and Microsoft have been 
>| thrown into disarray on the eve of the consumer electronics industry?s 
>| biggest trade event of the year, following a landmark movie deal secured by 
>| rival Sony.   
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> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9086260c-bc8a-11dc-bcf9-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
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> As was said before, 2007 has been one of Microsoft's worst years. Ever.
> 
> 
> Related:
> 
> Director: Microsoft fueling HD wars
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>| Microsoft is deliberately feeding into the HD disc format wars to ensure that 
>| its own downloads succeed where physical copies fail, says movie director 
>| Michael Bay in a response to a question posed through his official forums. 
>| The producer contends that Microsoft is writing "$100 million dollar checks" 
>| to movie studios to ensure HD DVD exclusives that hurt the overall market 
>| regardless of the format's actual merit or its popularity, preventing any one 
>| format from gaining a clear upper hand. Bay's own Transformers is available 
>| on disc only in the less popular HD DVD format despite his stated preference 
>| for Blu-ray. To the director, this is primarily a stalling tactic while 
>| Microsoft refines its own online-only technology.         
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> http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/12/04/bay.on.microsoft.hd/
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> 
> 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 
>|                                                                   ^^^^^^^^^
>|     rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. ?We provided no financial
>|     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     
>|     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
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> 
> No Winner In Blu-ray, HD DVD Battle
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>| Both rival formats seeking to become the high-definition successor to the DVD 
>| have attracted consumers, and while Blu-ray Disc leads HD DVD, the race is 
>| far from over.  
>| 
>| [...]
>| 
>| "That is the dirty secret no one is talking about," said Bay, director of the 
>| recent hit film "Transformers." "They want confusion in the market until they 
>| perfect the digital downloads." Microsoft sells HD movie and TV show 
>| downloads to its video game consoles through its Xbox Live Marketplace.    
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/071224/tech.html?.v=1


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