Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 10/05/07 03:25

In article <9e3bg3dinsuhmbdvvjc90qcgq389r7s56b@4ax.com>,
ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBored@crackasmile.org> wrote:

> 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.

Not the menuing and such, that is done with IME. Easier and cheaper to
program.

[Back to original message]