Doing the Blu-ray shuffle

 
Who/what is in and what may end up out of the Blu-ray format is the subject of this Videobusiness.com article. As we mentioned previously, iHD and mandatory managed copy are back on the table and some say are  already definitely in. However if mandatory managed copy goes in, BD+ copy protection may be out.

Similarly, if Microsoft/Disney's iHD is included as an interactive content standard, BD-J may be left in the cold to keep cost/compatibility issues down for the hardware manufacturers. In the strangest twist, HD-DVD and Blu-ray could end up being more alike than different, giving HD-DVD the advantage? What combination of price, content and features is going to ultimately win out could be more complicated than it seemed before these latest announcements.