Microsoft, Toshiba Team on HD-DVD Players - Blu-ray Forum

tron3 · 06-27-2005, 02:11 PM

Microsoft, Toshiba Team on HD-DVD Players

thunderhawk · 06-27-2005, 07:28 PM

My god!! This sure is very bad news for the Blu-ray camp.... :shock: :shock:

erdega79 · 06-27-2005, 08:53 PM

not really!
Toshiba basically hired MS to give them an interactive layer, sort of like blu ray has bd-j from the sun. Of course, MS wants to get involved and and get some bargaining ground since their main rivals apple, sun and sony and already deeply involved in blu ray.

One thing is clear, ms won't be making, designing or in any way be dealing with these drives and discs.

Marwin · 06-28-2005, 07:49 AM

The amount of news articles written about this over the past few days makes you think that there would be something major going on, but there doesn't appear to be much substance behind this announcement. The article describes this news as a "big win" for HD-DVD, but I fail to see what they're actually referring to. Microsoft basically said that they will assist Toshiba with some of the software development for Toshiba HD-DVD players, nothing else.

This is nothing more than another PR stunt, kind of like when Microsoft announced that Longhorn would support HD-DVD (duh, they will support all formats that are commonly used including Blu-ray).

thunderhawk · 06-28-2005, 03:37 PM

I guess I was panicking so soon....

Thnx

I'll update the Blu-ray <-> HD-DVD stats...

06-27-2005, 02:11 PM	#1
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06-27-2005, 07:28 PM	#2
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	My god!! This sure is very bad news for the Blu-ray camp.... :shock: :shock:

06-27-2005, 08:53 PM	#3
erdega79 Active Member Member since:Sep 2004 Location:toronto	not really! Toshiba basically hired MS to give them an interactive layer, sort of like blu ray has bd-j from the sun. Of course, MS wants to get involved and and get some bargaining ground since their main rivals apple, sun and sony and already deeply involved in blu ray. One thing is clear, ms won't be making, designing or in any way be dealing with these drives and discs.

06-28-2005, 07:49 AM	#4
Marwin Developer Top contributor Member since:May 2003 Blu-ray collection:10 DVD collection:5 iTunes collection:1	The amount of news articles written about this over the past few days makes you think that there would be something major going on, but there doesn't appear to be much substance behind this announcement. The article describes this news as a "big win" for HD-DVD, but I fail to see what they're actually referring to. Microsoft basically said that they will assist Toshiba with some of the software development for Toshiba HD-DVD players, nothing else. This is nothing more than another PR stunt, kind of like when Microsoft announced that Longhorn would support HD-DVD (duh, they will support all formats that are commonly used including Blu-ray).

06-28-2005, 03:37 PM	#5
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	I guess I was panicking so soon.... Thnx I'll update the Blu-ray <-> HD-DVD stats...

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