[opendtv] Intel, MS back HD DVD

Hello, 

Found at: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/09/27/intel_ms_hddvd/


Intel, MS back HD DVD
Better than Blu-ray because... er... it is, say firms

Intel and Microsoft have formally allied themselves with Toshiba's 
HD DVD next-generation optical disc format. Both will become members 
of the HD DVD Promotion Group, the pair said yesterday.

Both firms' support for the format centres on its greater suitability 
for PCs than HD DVD's rival, the Sony-backed Blu-ray Disc (BD) represents.

(...) 

Intel also said it likes the way HD DVD incorporates the ability to 
allow consumers to copy discs for personal use, ie. to a Media Center's 
hard drive, and then to beamed around the house via wireless networks 
to Media Center Extenders. "HD DVD discs also will allow copies of the 
movie to be played on portable devices," said Intel. Assuming, of 
course, content providers set the appropriate flag.

(...) 


Huh ? Is this a true declaration of (format) war ? Ease of copying 
is probably the last thing that the content providers want. 
And what good is copying when there is no content ? 

Regards, 
-- Jeroen

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