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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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