Fergie's Tech Blog

Arrrgh! Enough with the freakin' HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray Bullshit!

Geez. No kidding.

I'm wondering when the the vendors are going to realize that the consumers won't buy disparate products for (what should be) a single freaking technology (DVDs)?!? This whole HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray specification posturing thing is really starting to piss me off, and makes me simply disgusted at the video business. And the MPAA is majorly responsible (read: DRM issues).

I don't know about you, but I'm getting to the point where I refuse to buy DRM products, lock, stock and barrel.

Revolt! Don't buy the stuff. Especially Blu-Ray, since it is sponsored by Sony.

And sorry for the loss of composure. :-)


A Reuters newswire article by Sue Zeidler, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

The Blu-ray Disc group, which aims to set the standard for next-generation DVDs, on Wednesday said it would not adopt a proposal from Hewlett-Packard Co. by the launch of the technology, leading the PC maker to say it may back a rival in the looming multibillion dollar war.

That would leave HP, the No. 2 PC maker, splitting support between the two leading technologies.

Long a supporter of Sony Corp.-led Blu-ray, HP in October said if two technologies it considered important to PC users were not included in Blu-ray's specifications, it would consider backing rival standard HD-DVD, championed by Toshiba Corp.

posted by Fergie @ 11/16/2005 06:15:00 PM