Think Anti Piracy: Use one of the "non compatible" formats (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc) for computers, the other for movies, etc.
How I see it, HD-DVD should be for computers simply because the Xbox 360 has the HD-DVD drive, and Microsoft will likely let it be used for Vista or Vista+1.
This leaves Blu-Ray Disc to be sold as a solely Movie/Media based format that without computers should have little piracy issues (ahem, yes).
But no, no one ever thinks of an "intelligent" alternative to a format war do they?
road trip from US to Europe via Asia... sounds more than just my house to my friends house via bill's house:P
im just waiting for the tunnel between NZ and Australia (or is this a bridge:P) and the bridges/tunnels between australia and mainland asia.
Ok, it can be either way around.
But this is what I thought of when I first heard that blu ray and hd dvd were incompatible: Use on for data/computers, the other for movies/holywood.
By this, they should be able to curb piracy until people make blu-ray devices for computers, blah blah stuff.
-- How I see it as a curb to piracy is that we have one format for movies and tv. and the other for computers.
- I have chosen blu-ray for movies because Microsoft has chosen HD-DVD for the Xbox 360, which one can assume that there will be HD-DVD for Windows as well. The other reason is because lately Blu-ray has been winning the movie format war thus far.
If they (the companies involved) could be arsed to work together to curb piracy by using different formats for different duties then this could happen. But the truth is, is that these are different companies and companies don't like to do this sort of thing.
what do you think about it?
This is great for Ubuntu!
But, for atleast my brother and I, we use ubuntu, and find that it isn't easy to save on bandwidth when upgrading: Ie, both computers 'have' to download their own package files and install them.
I'm sure you can save bandwidth somehow by looking at what is being upgraded, and if it is common between the two systems then downloading the latest version and sharing it between the two over our localhosts, but then again, that's hdd space which is limited over a few cents worth of bandwidth:P
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Will they be in the typical Pizza shop website? something like www.donluigi-pizza.com (and donluigi-pizza.org for eGangster login)
I would like to know what Windows would be like if Unix and GNU and that stuff was all patented... Oh wait, they'd be owned by MS.
Infra red like in my TV remote? Does that mean I can distort their images? Or will they be controlling it from a "One4All" remote control?
Argh! Idiots.
Think Anti Piracy: Use one of the "non compatible" formats (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc) for computers, the other for movies, etc.
How I see it, HD-DVD should be for computers simply because the Xbox 360 has the HD-DVD drive, and Microsoft will likely let it be used for Vista or Vista+1.
This leaves Blu-Ray Disc to be sold as a solely Movie/Media based format that without computers should have little piracy issues (ahem, yes).
But no, no one ever thinks of an "intelligent" alternative to a format war do they?
road trip from US to Europe via Asia... sounds more than just my house to my friends house via bill's house :P
im just waiting for the tunnel between NZ and Australia (or is this a bridge :P) and the bridges/tunnels between australia and mainland asia.
Ok, it can be either way around. But this is what I thought of when I first heard that blu ray and hd dvd were incompatible: Use on for data/computers, the other for movies/holywood. By this, they should be able to curb piracy until people make blu-ray devices for computers, blah blah stuff. -- How I see it as a curb to piracy is that we have one format for movies and tv. and the other for computers. - I have chosen blu-ray for movies because Microsoft has chosen HD-DVD for the Xbox 360, which one can assume that there will be HD-DVD for Windows as well. The other reason is because lately Blu-ray has been winning the movie format war thus far. If they (the companies involved) could be arsed to work together to curb piracy by using different formats for different duties then this could happen. But the truth is, is that these are different companies and companies don't like to do this sort of thing. what do you think about it?
This is great for Ubuntu! But, for atleast my brother and I, we use ubuntu, and find that it isn't easy to save on bandwidth when upgrading: Ie, both computers 'have' to download their own package files and install them. I'm sure you can save bandwidth somehow by looking at what is being upgraded, and if it is common between the two systems then downloading the latest version and sharing it between the two over our localhosts, but then again, that's hdd space which is limited over a few cents worth of bandwidth :P