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HP backs both rivals in DVD horse race

HP backs both rivals in DVD horse raceBetacam cost also "quickly" came "down" ... to its death. NTNTAll over iHD, not likely.I hope that wasn't the only reason for this little tantrum. I really don't see how a new technology developed by M$ and Disney, which that alone should...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Consumer electronics, iHD, horse race, Hewlett-Packard Co., DVD

Discussion threads 2005-12-16

Forrester: Blu-ray winning drawn-out format war

Forrester: Blu-ray winning drawn-out format warManaged CopyThat's the biggie, at least for Microsoft. iHD is a bit like HTML vs. Java Applets. Which are easier to develop? Which are more common on the Internet?Does this mean the MS/Intel duopoly can no longer dictate all ....Does this mean...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Java, Forrester Research Inc., iHD, http://colossalstorage.net

Discussion threads 2005-10-19

DVD dispute burns at PC makers

DVD dispute burns at PC makersAs a loyal Mac user......Apple's backing of Blu-ray makes me think that HD-DVD will be the eventual winner, although I sure hope not!As usual, faster-to-market wins over better designEven though we _know_ that better design is better overall, better for users, better for company costs,...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., iHD, HD-DVD, BD-Java, DVD

Discussion threads 2005-09-29

Additional Resources

iSuite 1.4 (Windows)

A sleek looking suite of minimalist iSuite. The pack contains iBattery, iWiFi, iCPU, iMemory, iHD, iVolume, iClock, iDigiClock, iCalendar, and iMail. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Suite, Pack, Martin Cannings, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-01

XBOX 360 and HD-DVD

XBOX 360 and HD-DVDCorrectionsIt is HDi not iHD. It is HD DVD not HD-DVD. It is Blu-ray Disc or BD nor Blu-Ray or BR.There is a technical reason Microsoft could not include the drive in the Elite. Xbox games are DVD9 and require a DVD 12x drive to work. Currently...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Games, Microsoft Xbox 360, HD-DVD, DVD, corporate officer

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

XBOX 360 and HD-DVD

In a recent discussion, a friend wondered why Microsoft had opted not to include an HD-DVD drive in the recent update to the XBOX 360 console (the XBOX 360 Elite). The logic would seem obvious. In the US, 94% of Blu-Ray players sold are included as part of the PS3...

Tags: PlayStation, HD DVD, HD, XBOX 360, XBOX, Wii, Sony, PS3, Nintendo, Microsoft, General, Games

Blog posts 2007-04-11

LG to sell first Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player

LG to sell first Blu-ray/HD DVD combo playerblue ray / hd dvd playerit's not the fact that the players only play their dvd's but all the people that i have talked to says that it shows a good picture but the price is too hight especially when someone has a...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, HD-DVD player, interactive feature, Microsoft Corp., LG Electronics Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-07

Some HD DVD News

We're finally going to get the chance to see the same movie in HD DVD and Blu-Ray formats. "Mission: Impossible III" will be released on October 30 in both formats, giving us the first chance to do a head to head comparison. I'll be curious to see...

Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc

Blog posts 2006-08-17

HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray, round 2

HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray, round 2Mandatory Network[i]Third, network connections are mandatory on HD-DVDs.[/i]Keep in mind that that was the final straw in killing Circuit City's DivX system: mandatory network access.Try that on an airplane.For that matter, try convincing home users that having mandatory phone-home complete with advertising on their DVD players...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Next-gen DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2006-08-02

HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray, round 2

The Friday before last, the day before my vacation on Lake Michigan had officially begun, I chatted over the phone with Andy Parsons, senior vice president of Pioneer Electronics USA and a clear proponent of the Blu-Ray standard. He had read my previous post on the...

Tags: Blu-ray disc

Blog posts 2006-08-02

Disney to shoot Blu-ray shorts

Disney to shoot Blu-ray shortsWhose shorts are they shooting?Come on, laugh, it's Monday$34.95 in America, $.3495 in China.Well, not exactly true, but not badly off the mark... :D Mind you, with the cost of living gone up, who's gonna want to pay for Bambi in hi-def?Also, as the jobs...

Tags: DVD Technologies, Disney Corp., Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-17

An early skirmish in the HD DVD wars

Nine months ago, Intel and Microsoft ended their HD DVD agnosticism and decided to officially support the HD-DVD format over Blu-Ray, a format backed by Sony that had garnered the support of most movie studios and hardware manufacturers. In a blog post on the subject, I called...

Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc

Blog posts 2006-07-14

HD DVD guys: You don't need no steenkin' 50 GB (of Blu-ray's capacity)

HD DVD guys: You don't need no steenkin' 50 GB (of Blu-ray's capacity)Blu-ray guys are refusing to implement managed copyIf I can't have managed copy, I don't want it."You'll never need it" argument fatally flawedThe DOS 640k memory limit - need I say more?No matter how much space is provided,...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, HD-DVD guy, HD-DVD, Blue Ray, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-01-11

A DVD combo? Don't hold your breath

A DVD combo? Don't hold your breathIf consumers were smart enoughto refuse to buy either format until a universal player was available, I'll bet these warring camps would come to an understanding very quickly. But American consumers, in their never-ending quest for the latest and greatest, will probably just...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, DVD Combo, recorder, DVD recorder

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Blu-ray group, HP at odds

Blu-ray group, HP at oddsBlue-ray is deadHP would be wise to distance themselves from anything Sony. No one can trust Sony anymore after that DRM scandal therefore anything Sony touches is tainted. Blue-Ray is supposed to loaded with DRM. Do you really want Sony DRM?Sony Blu-rayBlu-ray = Sony = No...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Blue-ray, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, DVD, Hewlett-Packard Co., HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2005-11-17

Gates rails against Blue-ray DRM (but Microsoft's is OK?)

Gates rails against Blue-ray DRM (but Microsoft's is OK?)copy protectiuon is illegal and immoralAny kind of copy protection as no reason of existing, simply because in the US you are presumed innocent until prevent guilty. By applying copy protection (witch have been proven since the beginning to be 100% useless...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Wall Street Journal, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-21

HP asks for Blu-ray change in next-generation DVD battle

HP asks for Blu-ray change in next-generation DVD battleand the winner is..... DVD"One is known as mandatory managed copy, enabling users to copy high-definition movies onto PCs from discs and distribute them on home networks."No is disables it, DVD can copy freely and recode freely now, this just restricts the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard Co., MICROSOFT JUST, DVD, pixel

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Microsoft and the HD DVD format wars

Microsoft and the HD DVD format warsSeems like a durability problem for Blu Ray"HD-DVDs use the same coating thickness (0.6mm, versus 0.1mm for Blu-Ray) as existing DVDs..."If this is true, and HD-DVDs will have a coating 6 times as thick as Blue-Ray from a durability perspective alone this is reason...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-27