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"To put it bluntly, Microsoft wants both Blu-ray and HD-DVD to fail..." [gamesindustry.biz]

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In Microsoft's worldview, there's no space for a next-gen DVD format. Instead, the firm wants the transition to high definition to occur alongside a transition to digital distribution - and even while making a HD-DVD drive available, the firm has been pushing Xbox 360 consumers towards a clearly preferred model where they pay to download video content to their console's hard drive.

Given my 256K DSL internet connection, I think I could get a physical DVD from Amazon faster than I could download it :-P

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26216 (Open in New Window)

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An interesting article - Ole Lund Christensen 00:57:32 06/30/07 (0)
I would not like to depend even more on MS.
I do have a MS media player software PC, and it is slow in operation, not reliable, and it keeps on bringing up irrelevant messages.
I would not trust it with my expensive collection of video.

I have just lost a calender file due to MS, a "kind" message came up confessing the bad news. So now I have to spend time getting the backup.

A DVD player is quick, and it does only what I tell it to do.
Yea, that's been another Blu-buzz point lately - Jack G 16:23:06 06/29/07 (0)
Shill, er...Bill Hunt was making that claim about a week or two ago. Bsically, M$oft envisions downloadable movies in 5-10 years. As you say, the lines aren't up to the task, and won't be for a very long time, if ever. BTW, other companies are looking into it too. I don't think it will replace physical ownership. It will just be another way some people get movies.
Jack

Edits: 06/29/07 06/29/07
RE: "To put it bluntly, Microsoft wants both Blu-ray and HD-DVD to fail..." [gamesindustry.biz] - 4season 16:03:11 06/29/07 (0)
[BTW, the first paragraph of my posting is a direct quote from the article, but it may not appear properly as a block quote]

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