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Can't you see where MS is going with this?

They want to make 720p downloads the industry standard. They can't let blu-ray win with its 50 GB capacity. The NYT already reported that Microsoft is behind the Paramount deal with $150 million worth of cash and incentives to convince Paramount to drop Blu-ray.

Doesn't any of this make you the least bit uncomfortable? Isn't MS enough of a software monopoly that cares little about quality or delivering what the consumer wants without sinking its fangs all the way into gaming and movies?

I just don't understand why you HD DVD guys would gladly sell your souls to MS like this. If they can truly control the future formats for HD movies and manipulate studios so easily, we're really in deep sh*t. To Microsoft, $150 million is nothing--and certainly worth manipulating the studios in their favor.
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Edits: 08/23/07 08/23/07
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