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Paramount, one of the largest companies previously signed up for HD-DVD support only, has announced that it is to support Blu-Ray and cites PS3 as a major reason.
Warner and Universal are expected to follow suit.
[URL]http://www.blu-ray.com[/URL]
There's also an article there reporting that almost every major PC player is supporting Blu-Ray over HD-DVD.
Could HD-DVD be dead before it's even launched? According to the report on VideoBusiness.com...
"Several execs in each camp believe the Paramount announcement to publish in both formats - which is the direction Warner has been leaning for the past week or two with a similar announcement expected this week - is simply a temporary face-saving strategy and that ultimately all studios will shift completely over to Blu-ray by launch time."
Apparently even Microsoft won't commit to using HD-DVD in future Xbox 360's.
Warner and Universal are expected to follow suit.
[URL]http://www.blu-ray.com[/URL]
There's also an article there reporting that almost every major PC player is supporting Blu-Ray over HD-DVD.
Could HD-DVD be dead before it's even launched? According to the report on VideoBusiness.com...
"Several execs in each camp believe the Paramount announcement to publish in both formats - which is the direction Warner has been leaning for the past week or two with a similar announcement expected this week - is simply a temporary face-saving strategy and that ultimately all studios will shift completely over to Blu-ray by launch time."
Apparently even Microsoft won't commit to using HD-DVD in future Xbox 360's.
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Paramount, one of the largest companies previously signed up for HD-DVD support only, has announced that it is to support Blu-Ray and cites PS3 as a major reason.
Warner and Universal are expected to follow suit.
[URL]http://www.blu-ray.com[/URL]
There's also an article there reporting that almost every major PC player is supporting Blu-Ray over HD-DVD.
Could HD-DVD be dead before it's even launched? According to the report on VideoBusiness.com...
"Several execs in each camp believe the Paramount announcement to publish in both formats - which is the direction Warner has been leaning for the past week or two with a similar announcement expected this week - is simply a temporary face-saving strategy and that ultimately all studios will shift completely over to Blu-ray by launch time."
Apparently even Microsoft won't commit to using HD-DVD in future Xbox 360's.
Warner and Universal are expected to follow suit.
[URL]http://www.blu-ray.com[/URL]
There's also an article there reporting that almost every major PC player is supporting Blu-Ray over HD-DVD.
Could HD-DVD be dead before it's even launched? According to the report on VideoBusiness.com...
"Several execs in each camp believe the Paramount announcement to publish in both formats - which is the direction Warner has been leaning for the past week or two with a similar announcement expected this week - is simply a temporary face-saving strategy and that ultimately all studios will shift completely over to Blu-ray by launch time."
Apparently even Microsoft won't commit to using HD-DVD in future Xbox 360's.
I wouldn't expect such a postive spin from blu-ray.com...
Microsoft haven't ruled out using Blu-Ray yet, but they have stated catagorically that they will be supporting HD-DVD as are Intel for their systems.
So, whether PC manufacturers like it or not, if they want to use integrated Intel chipsets in their cheap systems they may be shoe-horned into HD-DVD.
There's a post with a link to an article with the reasons why MS said Blu-Ray was rubbish in the Xbox forum, but anyone would hardly expect them to openly support Sony technology.
So, whether PC manufacturers like it or not, if they want to use integrated Intel chipsets in their cheap systems they may be shoe-horned into HD-DVD.
There's a post with a link to an article with the reasons why MS said Blu-Ray was rubbish in the Xbox forum, but anyone would hardly expect them to openly support Sony technology.
Indeed, although I expect the Halo movie will be released on all formats. :D
Like I actually give a flying f**k.
Well, if you did, I wouldn't want to be the guy holding the charity box.
Bonus wrote:
> There's a post with a link to an article with the reasons why MS said
> Blu-Ray was rubbish in the Xbox forum, but anyone would hardly expect
> them to openly support Sony technology.
I haven't seen it yet, but would that be the article that this is in response to? (From prnewswire,com)
"PALO ALTO, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide
computer leaders and Blu-ray Disc Association members, Dell, and Hewlett
Packard, today addressed the inaccurate information cited by Microsoft and
Intel regarding the Blu-ray Disc format."
Genuine question... I don't know.
Indeed there are some issues:
"The company said Blu-ray has yet to answer important questions about copyright protection; open licensing in general and easily programmable and low-cost licensing of enhanced interactive features; whether Blu-ray's maximum capacity disc will be ready for replicators to produce by 2006; and Blu-ray's ability to offer discs featuring movies in both Blu-ray and current DVD formats for play on multiple machines owned by consumers."
But given the major companies behind the format (it's not just Sony - there are nine major players involved), I can't see those issues being unresolved.
> There's a post with a link to an article with the reasons why MS said
> Blu-Ray was rubbish in the Xbox forum, but anyone would hardly expect
> them to openly support Sony technology.
I haven't seen it yet, but would that be the article that this is in response to? (From prnewswire,com)
"PALO ALTO, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide
computer leaders and Blu-ray Disc Association members, Dell, and Hewlett
Packard, today addressed the inaccurate information cited by Microsoft and
Intel regarding the Blu-ray Disc format."
Genuine question... I don't know.
Indeed there are some issues:
"The company said Blu-ray has yet to answer important questions about copyright protection; open licensing in general and easily programmable and low-cost licensing of enhanced interactive features; whether Blu-ray's maximum capacity disc will be ready for replicators to produce by 2006; and Blu-ray's ability to offer discs featuring movies in both Blu-ray and current DVD formats for play on multiple machines owned by consumers."
But given the major companies behind the format (it's not just Sony - there are nine major players involved), I can't see those issues being unresolved.
Hedfix wrote:
> I wouldn't expect such a postive spin from blu-ray.com...
The report isn't actually on Blu-Ray.com - it's on VideoBusiness.com
> I wouldn't expect such a postive spin from blu-ray.com...
The report isn't actually on Blu-Ray.com - it's on VideoBusiness.com
Which is linked to from blu-ray.com who must choose their links with an immense amount of impartiality.
Hedfix wrote:
> Which is linked to from blu-ray.com who must choose their links with
> an immense amount of impartiality.
Okay, try this one: [URL]http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20051003_131537.html[/URL]
> Which is linked to from blu-ray.com who must choose their links with
> an immense amount of impartiality.
Okay, try this one: [URL]http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20051003_131537.html[/URL]
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