Right on No. 17. I've said the same thing before. Sony is too controlling with proprietary formats. It's their way or the highway.
Look at the PSP with both memory stick pro duo and UMDs, and the root kit fiasco. I'm like Eric, I want to be able to rip the HD-DVD to my media server, then stream it to any TV in the house or download it to my portable video player, but definetly not the video iPod -- Apple is just like Sony. I don't care that MS is paying for OEM's to use HD-DVD, and neither should people in Europe. It just helps the consumer. I wish the Xbox 360 had come with an HD-DVD drive, but neither BluRay or HD-DVD was ready. By next Christmas at the absolute latest, MS should be offering an HD-DVD 360, and offer to exchange all previously shipped 360s. It wouldn't be hard, all they would have to do is ship a new HD-DVD 360 to you and you send yours back, or they bill you or charge your card. You wouldn't miss any game time. They could then take your old 360 and plug into a new HD-DVD drive, make sure it's up to specs and sell it as a refurbished unit.
If the Europeans sue, MS should do what they should have done long ago, pull all support for their products from Europeans and let them whine then.
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Right on No. 17. I've said the same thing before. Sony is too controlling with proprietary formats. It's their way or the highway.
Look at the PSP with both memory stick pro duo and UMDs, and the root kit fiasco. I'm like Eric, I want to be able to rip the HD-DVD to my media server, then stream it to any TV in the house or download it to my portable video player, but definetly not the video iPod -- Apple is just like Sony. I don't care that MS is paying for OEM's to use HD-DVD, and neither should people in Europe. It just helps the consumer. I wish the Xbox 360 had come with an HD-DVD drive, but neither BluRay or HD-DVD was ready. By next Christmas at the absolute latest, MS should be offering an HD-DVD 360, and offer to exchange all previously shipped 360s. It wouldn't be hard, all they would have to do is ship a new HD-DVD 360 to you and you send yours back, or they bill you or charge your card. You wouldn't miss any game time. They could then take your old 360 and plug into a new HD-DVD drive, make sure it's up to specs and sell it as a refurbished unit.
If the Europeans sue, MS should do what they should have done long ago, pull all support for their products from Europeans and let them whine then.