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HP No Longer Exclusively Supporting Blue-Ray

Posted by Zonk on from the hard-to-pick dept.

linumax wrote to mention an MSNBC article stating that HP is dropping its exclusive support for Blue-Ray. They'll be offering support to the HD-DVD format as well. From the article: "The decision is the latest sign of a looming 'format war' between the competing standards for a new generation of digital video players that can record high-definition films and video games. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD-compatible devices are expected to hit stores worldwide early next year."

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  1. Disingenuous Headline by ClickOnThis · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article headline says that HP has dropped support for Blu-Ray, implying that it has dropped all support. Whereas the article text makes it clear that HP has only dropped exclusive support.

    A bit of fact-spinning going on at MSNBC?

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  2. It's "Blu-ray" by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not Blue-ray, since it was considered too generic to be trademarked.
    Hmm... "Blue-rays" less generic than... Windows?

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  3. Re:Dead on arrival. by interiot · · Score: 2, Informative
    So generations overlap, film at 11. Despite the huge take-up of DVDs, they just stopped selling VCR tapes like... last year, right?

    HD movies are already being transmitted on cable and satellite channels... if people want to keep HD movies around, their only (legal) option is to keep them on a PVR's hard drive. Are HDTV owners satisfied with that? No.

  4. Re:Dead on arrival. by interiot · · Score: 2, Informative

    * VHS tapes

  5. Depends on you definition of "Drop", too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Yes, drop could mean to totally dump something. But it could also be "drop" as in "a drop in volume", which simply means a reduction. So Sony "dropping" support for Blu-Ray could also be interpreted as "reducing" support. Similar to how Pat Robertson's, "I think we should take him out", doesn't necessarily refer to assassination. It sometimes comes in handy to know how to simultaneously say things and not say them.

  6. Blu-Ray by Kickboy12 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Blu-Ray is clearly the better format. It can hold more, and has faster read times (theoretically, havn't seen stats yet). The only reason HD-DVD has alot of interest is because it's cheaper to produce, and requires only small modifications to current DVD players. More evidance that in the current capitalist buisness world, quality is the least important factor in anything. Money is the bottom line.

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  7. Re:The modern day laserdiscs, both will flop. by rolfwind · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thanks for the belly-laugh^_^

    Blu-ray:
    http://www.exisle.net/mb/lofiversion/index.php/t30 259.html

    Blu-ray and HD-DVD:
    http://www.techspot.com/news/18300-bluray-discs-to -adopt-same-drm-as-rival-hddvd.html

  8. Re:Apple is the key. by goMac2500 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple has already announced support for Blu-Ray.