Blu-ray representatives fire back

By Richard Lawler

 
As the saga continues, CDRinfo throws another log on the fire, this time coming from Frank Simonis, Strategic Marketing Director of Philips Optical Storage.
He didn't comment on Microsoft's charges regarding storage space or interactive capabilities, but the key points of his statement were as follows:

  • Blu-ray technology was the first to introduce a hybrid disc containing a movie in both SD and HD on the same side
  • "Managed copy" is not format specific, the AACS DRM used by both HD-DVD and Blu-ray enables managed copy and network streaming
  • Blu-ray has the potential to be as cheap as DVD's are now, in 3-4 years
  • There is no reason why Chinese DVD manufacturers cannot join the Blu-ray association and manufacture Blu-ray players as well (they have announced plans to provide HD-DVD players already)

But I ask again, is anyone going to put a real high definition DVD player in my hands anytime soon? (*If I have to go to Japan it doesn't count)

 

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