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Microsoft, Intel back HD DVD over Blu-ray

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the could-this-spell-the-end dept.

raitchison writes "Reuters is reporting that after months of sitting on the fence in the battle over what will replace the venerable DVD that Microsoft and Intel have thrown their weight behind Toshiba's HD DVD over the Sony's Blu-ray. Better compatibility with existing DVD technology as well as lower cost were cited as reasons to back HD DVD. While this is undoubtedly a significant blow for Sony in their efforts to establish Blu-ray as the next standard it's not likely to be the end of Blu-ray."

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  1. XBox vs the PS3? by garcia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Better compatibility with existing DVD technology as well as lower cost were cited as reasons to back HD DVD.

    Or to help their XBox sales against the PS3.

  2. Betamax v. VHS by stinerman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm too young to remember that format war, but I'm not young enough to learn the lesson:

    Wait until a de-facto standard has emerged. Otherwise, its a crapshoot at best.

  3. Who Cares? by drvelocity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft has always been in the HD-DVD camp for obvious reasons (Xbox360), so the only real news here is that Intel has jumped on with HD-DVD. Who cares? Intel is a large company, sure, but does anybody really care which optical storage format a SEMICONDUCTOR company supports? This sounds to me like Microsoft begging anyone it can to support their format of choice.

  4. I think Intel and MS made a mistake... by JordanL · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They won't be able to squash the BluRay Consortum... look at their board of directors...

    Apple Computer, Inc.
    Dell Inc.
    Hewlett Packard Company
    Hitachi, Ltd.
    LG Electronics Inc.
    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Pioneer Corporation
    Royal Philips Electronics
    Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Sharp Corporation
    Sony Corporation
    TDK Corporation
    Thomson Multimedia
    Twentieth Century Fox
    Walt Disney Pictures

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