Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 10/05/07 01:05

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:20:25 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
wrote:

>In article <ugo9g35lus8pcevk9g4360ppbirqj9dri6@4ax.com>,
> Kimba W Lion <kimbawlion> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I still haven't figured out why all this Java stuff is needed, other
>> >than being different from the competition.
>>
>> That's what I was thinking as I read this thread.
>>
>> The Blu folks really are intent on not being accepted by the mass market,
>> aren't they?
>
>Sometimes it seems so. Much higher pricing on players that aren't any
>better or worse than their HDDVD counterparts, no real entry level
>players at all, and audio decoding ability all over the place.


Toshiba's HD DVD format is ALSO java driven.

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