[opendtv] Re: BBC Demonstrates HDTV Broadcasts over SD Channels

You sound every bit the person who has not really been following the  
progress of all this.  There are two competing formats - one called  
very specifically "HD-DVD", the other, "Blu-Ray".  If you want to  
refer to HD DVD generically, I suggest you do as I just did and drop  
the hyphen.

The HD-DVD spec is complete and approved by the DVD Forum.  The mass- 
market version of Blu-Ray (which includes the BD-ROM spec) is not.   
Makes it pretty obvious why Sony wanted to graft the Blu-Ray  
transport into the HD-DVD platform.  The Blu-Ray spec is/was  
considering using Java, but as I understand it, that may not make it  
to the final spec.  If you're interested in the DRM used for HD-DVD,  
I suggest you read the spec.

As for this connection, you missed the real reason by a country  
mile.  Sony's PlayStation3 is scheduled to ship with a Blu-Ray  
drive.  Microsoft's XBOX 360 is scheduled to ship with a DVD drive,  
but Microsoft has publicly stated that this is an obvious area that  
could be addressed in version 2 hardware.  Microsoft ain't gonna use  
no Sony drive in their competing XBOX, and they already play nice  
with Toshiba.


On 28-Jun-05, at 6:02 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> At 10:36 AM -0400 6/27/05, John Golitsis wrote:
>
>> Wanna guess again?
>>
>> http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8AVTQ501.htm
>>
>>
>
> I don't see the connection. This is just another press release
> announcing another alignment in the coming format war. And there is
> good reason for such an announcement at this time, as Microsoft has a
> huge bet riding on all of this.
>
> There are several key issues at play in this battle.
>
> 1. The physical media
>
> 2. A new DRM solution
>
> 3. The back end standard for enhanced navigation and web services
>
 
 
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