A "plays-all" drive wasn't announced today. What was announced was a single chip that does video decoding, DRM, various video outputs, etc. [1] It's a piece of the pie, but not the whole thing. It's suggested that creating a single drive that reads both with be more difficult that building the decoding chip. [2]
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A "plays-all" drive wasn't announced today. What was announced was a single chip that does video decoding, DRM, various video outputs, etc. [1] It's a piece of the pie, but not the whole thing. It's suggested that creating a single drive that reads both with be more difficult that building the decoding chip. [2]