http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
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And in response to Chuckles McGee not everyone has reliable access to high speed internet. But if these people aren't spending money on broadband, they most likely not in the market for HD content. At least not a significant amount that it should sway the markets direction.
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frankly the difference between a standard DVD and HD-DVD/BluRay is not a big enough difference to get me to switch to either format any time soon. the fact the a blank DVD is 10 cents and a blank BluRay disc is 10 dollars is a huge factor for me. and if i need 20GB of storage, i'll use a external HDD.]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
People don't have access to high bandwidth internet to spend the money on it. Sure, it's easy to get high speed in major metropolitan areas, but go outside and there is zero high speed access. I guess there is the option of DirecTv's internet service but that's about as shitty as Michael Bay's films, well not quite that shitty but really bad. ]]>Dec 4th 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 5th 2007 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
#1 Trailer Producer of all time....actual movies....com'n fellas]]>Dec 4th 2007 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
And this is all assuming digital downloads get to the point where they let you "purchase" them and by that I mean actually keep them for more than a few days and be able to move them to other sources. Having my media trapped on a 120 gb 360 drive isn't my idea of a good time. ]]>Dec 5th 2007 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
A BluRay or HD-DVD movie uses a comparable codec (or even the same codec) as a Live download, and has 4X the data or more. And double the pixels (1080p vs 720p).

It's fine that you like the 720p stuff you're getting off Live, but I don't, and I'd be really sad if I can't get the quality I want simply because MS decided to stick it to disc formats.]]>Dec 5th 2007 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 5th 2007 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 6th 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/They failed to learn from BETA and UMD movies...

Sony is all about THEIR standard. They only make devices that take MemoryStick. They want all their equipment, and their music, and their movies on their standard, so you have to use their equipment.

There would be NO format war if Sony had not jumped ship from the HD-DVD group.]]>Dec 4th 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
So frankly I don't care what this tool has to say about the format war. If anything, HD-DVD is going to rule the HD disc roost because the people that can't afford a high-speed line for online-delivered content aren't going to throwing away wads of cash for a "superior" format that doesn't provide a superior experience since both formats have wasted space on them.]]>Dec 4th 2007 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
Talk about conspiracy theories... Somehow you managed to get "highly ranked", but your facts are totally wrong. Blu-ray is NOT a Sony standard. In fact the consortium that licenses the technology (the BDA, "Blu-ray Disc Association") is comprised of all of the following companies: Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung AND Sony. People need to get their facts straight before spewing off. And being that your spewing is being done on the internet where all of this info is readily available, there really is no excuse for your ignorance.]]>Dec 4th 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Which is why the PS3 surprised the crap out of me with the bring your own mic, SD slot, and open hard drive. I was definitely like ??? ]]>Dec 5th 2007 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/you're 'facts' are not entirely true.. a little bit they.. but what else do you expect? Sony is a Business!! they try to be superior to all other businesses, just like other businesses try to be superior to other businesses.. business is all about getting money from customers!

i mean imagine you have a new type of disc made, and you don't support but let other companies support instead you support Blu-Ray? well what money do you make? you have to pay dunno 25% (?) to Sony just to make a player? while if you make a player for your own format, well whom do you pay? yourself .. ???


greetzz]]>Dec 5th 2007 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 5th 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/]]>Dec 4th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
And i am typing this on a MacBook Pro, and i have an iPhone, so no, i'm not some bitter dude stuck in windows (untill i get to work) with OSX envy or something. It is what it is.]]>Dec 4th 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
greetzz]]>Dec 5th 2007 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication

http://www.computingunplugged.com/figures/figure?figCaption=Different+technologies+result+in+different+bandwidths.&figLetter=B&filename=00001828-b.gif&graphicType=gif&id=00001828&imagePath=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.zatz.com%2Fwebsites%2Fcomputingunplugged%2Fissues%2Fissue200608%2F&issue=issue200608&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.zatz.com%2Fwebsites%2Fcomputingunplugged%2Fissues%2Fissue200608%2F00001828-b.gif]]>Dec 9th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 9th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/As for Vietnam, well, notice when the war ended? 1975. Microsoft (w/o the hyphen) started in 1976(!), so obviously, Gates was prolonging the Vietnam war so he and Paul Allen could come up with a good name. Obviously, he must have built a time machine, and gone back to prolong the war.
That, obviously, was what jroc was saying. He also must have inside information about Microsoft's plans to invade Iran.
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Because nothing says "profit" quite like losing over a trillion dollars. Great theory though.]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
so who's really losing the 1 trillion? us, the taxpayers.]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
You really made me laugh hard there. You don't really think all the major corporations are concerned about the US losing money when they are making all of it? Sure, the war will cost the US Government a trillion dollars, but most of that is lining the pockets of major corporations... and dare I say, politicians!]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
have you ever wondered if someone else could have the same exact thought as you at the same time? I think it just happened lol.]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
Go Blu!]]>Dec 4th 2007 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/1) Sony wants to control it all with the PS3/Blu-Ray. Their entire approach was to lock in both the next-gen gaming platform and the next-gen movie format in one device-thats why they went for such a (stupidly, in retrospect) expensive solution.
2) Microsoft didn't care about the format, EXCEPT that they wanted to stop Sony from taking both markets. So they took a different approach-get out a next gen console first, to get a head start, and back the competing standard, HD-DVD, to confuse the market long enough to keep Sony from gaining total dominance.

Bay may be a crappy director, but I don't see any conspiracy; just two companies doing anything they can to win the next gen video game market, and eventually the movie market.]]>Dec 5th 2007 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
Or was it just a joke?]]>Dec 4th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
Please don't use the words creative and Michael Bay in the same sentence. It offends those of us that actually are creative. Many of the bloggers here are creative. Why do you think so many people read it? They take the news and sum it up in a short paragraph and try and make it funny most of the time.]]>Dec 4th 2007 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/Dec 4th 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/04/michael-bays-format-war-conspiracy-theory-its-a-microsoft-fi/
Yeah. Cheap. But you can't watch stuff if you're travelling, even if you've paid for that content.]]>Dec 4th 2007 9:24PM