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Its not always pessimism when someone writes you a letter and says:

"your format is DOOMED, blu ray will win"]]>Aug 16th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
As a video format, no, HD-DVD was not doomed. HD-DVD was ahead of Blu-ray as a fully functional format, we are just starting to see profile 2.0 profile players to hit the main stream, but they still need to come down more in price. Blu-ray just had more money to throw around to buy exclusive support and the deal that fell through at the 11th hour for WB to go HD-DVD exclusive for CES pretty much sealed HD-DVD fate, but would have swung the format war in the opposite direction.

In the end, what is done is done, I am now just happy it is all over. Though if Blu-ray want a chance to grab a lasting foothold in the market, they need to do something about the prices right now. I have yet to purchase a new Blu-ray from a brick and mortor store, let alone a etailer, I have snagged all my Blu-ray movies on eBay on the super cheap. Stores like Best Buy price of $30+ is just not going to happen for the masses.

at the big party HD-DVD was ready to throw at CES to celebrate it pretty much sealed HD-DVDs fate, but could have swung the format war in the complete opposite direction.]]>Aug 16th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
If they had supported HD_DVD, their players would had been a viable choice for a lot of consumer. 360 doesn't come with HD-DVD, so consumers who didn't have 360 (or care for console games) would had probably bought a stand alone player (rather buying a console and a HD DVD add on). With blueray, it just doesn't make sense buying a stand alone player when sony already offers a good player with a console as a bonus. ]]>Aug 16th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Roughly 90% of BluRay players are PS3s and thus have been profile 2.0 capable for months. Although honestly, online access from a disc has not been used for anything I give a crap about yet. I have literally never let a BluRay disc access the net (the PS3 asks you when you play each disc) and I don't currently expect to do so in the future.

It is unlikely the CES party would have led to the dominance of HD-DVD. HD-DVD was never a viable format since no hardware company could sell HD-DVD players at a profit because Toshiba was subsidizing their players with the profits from the sales of discs. Thus the only 3rd party players we saw were the LG (and Samsung?) ones that played both formats and retailed at $1,000. HD-DVD was a true go-it-alone format and would almost certainly have met the same fate that go-it-alone formats (like Betamax) usually do.]]>Aug 16th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
why we need blu-ray?!


HD Movie -- Download.
Storage --- use HDD or SSD.
Backup --- use HDD.


]]>Aug 16th 2008 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Thank goodness for rentals.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD
Just slap 7.10 on your PS3, hook it up to ethernet, and follow the guide.]]>Aug 16th 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Storage --- use HDD or SSD.
Backup --- use HDD.
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Hallo Ahmed.
Good thing I don't outsource my data back-ups to you.
Regards.]]>Aug 16th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
But then, I should be right in the BluRay group's target demographic; 1080p HDTV, young, single, plenty of disposable income. I said I'd buy a BluRay player as soon as the format war was decided but.. I just don't care anymore.

So, bring on the downloads!]]>Aug 16th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
It's Clear Microsoft got it VERY wrong, and Sony got it VERY right this gaming gen...]]>Aug 16th 2008 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
Sorry Joel, this is wrong. Maybe you're thinking of the hybrid discs. And it also is a moot point now.


As for MS adding BluRay burning... Apple - get your ass in gear and support BluRay with iDVD and DVD StudioPro - you are on the consortium, after all. MS wasn't and they're getting involved.]]>Aug 16th 2008 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/It's Clear Microsoft got it VERY wrong, and Sony got it VERY right this gaming gen...
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It's clear they accepted a bag of money they have been enjoying, either way.
]]>Aug 16th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
Because of this, combo discs were discontinued and most HD-DVD discs could not be played in DVD players, which is why you see them on sale for $8 at Fry's. If they could be played in regular DVD players they would be worth as much as the regular DVDs.]]>Aug 16th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/imapi2.aspx

by Eric Haddan. Alex Feinman also had some sample applications, can't find them right now.]]>Aug 18th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/.
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Oh okay.]]>Aug 16th 2008 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Woo Hoo My lovefilm [uk version of netflix] will be sending me blu-ray discs to rip instead of dvds.
Now we just need £40 blue-ray drives ]]>Aug 16th 2008 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 21st 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/16/microsoft-prepping-feature-pack-for-storage-with-blu-ray-for-xp/Aug 16th 2008 9:39PM