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Posted by Derek Janssen on 04/17/07 01:13
Doug Jacobs wrote:
> Derek Janssen <ejanss@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>We've seen every possible analysis of What's Wrong with the Format War--
>>But I'll say this - Give this guy the tech-news equivalent of a freakin'
>>PULITZER:
>>http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3671091
>
> Wow, excellent article. I never considered Microsoft's involvement with
> the format war. I always thought their PC side was neutral, while their
> console side chose HD-DVD simply because it's not Sony's.
Also, I'm not laughing as much about that "conspiracy theory" of MS and
X-Box Live downloads:
If Blu ever does come out on top and HD caves in, and Microsoft goes
sour-grapes on hard-disk media, you *know* which company is going to
make twice as much of a push on "Downloading is the future!", which half
of the industry is already gullible enough to believe. (Everyone except
the customers, who believe a viewer's DVD shelf is his castle--As
Jerkboy says, "Equity, equity!")
And X-Box Live is already pushing HD-movie downloads to become a
second-place runner-up to Apple Movie Store's standard-def AppleTV MP4
movies...
....Not that they're going to topple iPod overnight, but the *last* thing
we need is to have a Download War which is in even LESS demand than the
Hi-Def war.
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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