Fate of High-Def DVD up to Microsoft?

BlackMesaResearchFac writes "EE Times is reporting that Microsoft may have chosen a side in the ongoing optical disk war. From the article: 'several industry sources last week told EE Times that Microsoft is muscling into the optical-disk fray by leveraging its operating-system clout to bundle HD-DVD within Vista, the company's next-generation OS. There is also talk that the software giant may be planning to offer cash incentives -- in the form "coupons" -- to system vendors or retailers if they agree to support HD-DVD. Such coupons would provide "credits" or "memos" for each PC that is sold with HD-DVD inside.'"

Comments

That's just great

[Anonymous Coward]

Leave it to Microsoft to fuck things up and force the worst product down our throats. Blu-ray is so superior to HD-DVD it's not even funny. But Microsoft, King of Shit, doesn't want to play with Sony. It all comes down to the XB360 needing a different drive than the Blu-ray enabled PS3. Anything to differentiate yourself, right Microshit, anything other than actually producing a higher quality product that is.

Misconception about there being a debate

[Rhoon]

As if there was a debate in the first place. Even if Intel, AMD, Sony, Nintendo, Hollywood all took on Blu-Ray, HD-DVD would still win out as M$ would just bundle that into their OS and totally divide the market.

The industry tends to go with what M$ wants to go with and everyone else can scream till they're Blu- in the face but it wouldn't do them a single bit of good. M$' market share with their OS gives them the first, final and only vote.