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AT first glance, Amir Majidimehr does not look like a game-changer
in the battle to develop the next generation of DVD players and
discs. As the vice president for Windows digital media at
Microsoft, he neither steers a Hollywood studio nor controls one of
the many consumer electronics giants that are betting billions of
dollars on one of the two new formats that promise to play
high-definition movies and television shows.Yet when he and his team in Redmond, Wash., decided last September
to abandon their neutral stance and to support Toshiba and its
HD-DVD standard over the Blu-ray format led by Sony, the unexpected
change of heart reverberated through the technology industry.Suddenly, Toshiba's seemingly quixotic defense of its format had
new life. Intel joined Microsoft in backing HD-DVD. Hewlett-Packard
withdrew its exclusive support of Blu-ray. This month, another
member of the Blu-ray camp, LG Electronics, hedged its bets, too,
signing a deal to license Toshiba's technology.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/business/26disks.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin (Open in New Window)
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...the battle will rage even longer before B-R wins.I hate Sony and its arrogance, rather the same way I hate Microsoft and its monopolistic marketing/bullying tactics.
I bought a 23" widescreen monitor 3 years ago, a Sony; $3K RR. Last fall it died and Sony replaced it with a refurbed unit. That died a couple weeks later and Sony replaced that one too. The third one died last week, out of warranty, and guess which brand of consumer electronics I'll NEVER buy again? Others, too, I've talked to feel that way.
I believe this hi-def-DVD-format war was created by Sony in its refusal to allow its licensing income to decrease, no matter how good for the industry (including Sony) it would have been.
***I believe this hi-def-DVD-format war was created by Sony in its refusal to allow its licensing income to decrease, no matter how good for the industry (including Sony) it would have been.Well... isn't that how free economy is supposed to work? Companies compete, put their products on the market, let the consumer decide?
Why should Sony, or anyone else for that matter, fold their tent simply because someone somewhere believes they should?
But still... I am sitting here wondering if this "war" is akin to Ferrari-Lamborghini feud... who really cares which one wins? Are there any practical implications to people, outside a small club of fans?
I somehow doubt the HD will become next generation medium.
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