[opendtv] Re: Microsoft mum on Xbox 360 HD DVD support
- From: "Adam Goldberg" <adam_g@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:16:34 -0500
If you google for "microsoft drops hd dvd" you get about a bazillion hits.
Microsoft acknowledged over the weekend (I think) that they're dropping the
HD DVD player accessory, and those players still available at retail will
have their price lowered to $49. See, e.g.,
http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15842/microsoft_drops_hd_dvd_for_xb
ox_360
Adam Goldberg
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Subject: [opendtv] Microsoft mum on Xbox 360 HD DVD support
Sometimes Microsoft just makes the wrong bet. Also related to TV, it
raised a fuss about the 16:9 display format as a standard to replace
4:3, back in the mid 1990s. And yet, the majority of notebooks you see
for sale these days appear to have 16:9 displays to me.
(IMO, both were predictable. The success of BD, assuming any one would
succeed, and the popularity of 16:9 displays even for PCs.)
Bert
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February 19, 2008
Microsoft mum on Xbox 360 HD DVD support
By Paul McDougall
Microsoft said it's too early to say whether it will continue to support
the high-definition HD DVD format on its Xbox 360 video game console,
despite the fact that the format is all but dead.
"We will wait until we hear from Toshiba before announcing any specific
plans around the Xbox 360 HD DVD player," Microsoft said in a statement
Monday.
Microsoft currently sells an HD DVD player as a $129 add-on for the Xbox
360.
Toshiba, which developed HD DVD, on Tuesday confirmed speculation that
it would pull the plug on the format. Toshiba said in a statement that
it would "no longer develop, manufacture, and market HD DVD players and
recorders."
The move follows decisions by virtually all major Hollywood studios to
throw their weight behind Sony's rival Blu-ray high-definition format.
The death of HD-DVD puts Microsoft in a quandary. Sony's Playstation 3
console features a built-in Blu-ray player. With HD DVD no longer
viable, Microsoft needs to find an alternate high-definition format for
its Xbox platform.
The company could itself move to Blu-ray. More likely, however, is that
it will reject its rival's technology and focus instead on offering more
high-definition downloads through its Xbox Live online content service.
Microsoft already sells a limited selection of HD television program and
movie downloads on Xbox Live, which boasts more than 10 million members.
In the meantime, Microsoft says that HD DVD's discontinuation won't hurt
Xbox 360 revenue --insisting games, and not movies, dictate console
sales.
"We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any
material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the
marketplace," the company said. Microsoft shipped 4.3 million Xbox 360
systems in the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with 4.4 million
systems during the same period in 2006 -- a decline of 2.3%.
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