Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/15/07 08:40

M.I.5¾ wrote:

>>> Microsoft is also rather upset at LG for announcing the player without
>>telling them first. According to the Microsoft rep on the DVD Forum, the
>>Forum could decide to persue legal action against LG if they do attempt to
>>sell the player. No response from LG on this issue yet. With the threat of
>>legal action from the DVD Forum and Microsoft, I'd be surprised if the
>>player goes on sale during the 1st quarter of 2007 as planned, and perhaps
>>at all unless they find a way to come to agreement with the HD-DVD camp
>>and include iHD.
>
> It is interesting to note that not only is there a Blu-ray/HD DVD war, but
> there is another sub war waiting in the sidelines. Whether to call it iHD
> or HDi. Microsoft wants it called HDi and everybody else wants iHD. So HDi
> it will be then.

It's not a religious jihad, MS just doesn't want people thinking iHD
must be Apple's latest product...

Derek Janssen (which is an *especially* appropriate concern for the
parties involved)
ejanss@comcast.net

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