Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD
Very interesting and informative article that shows who was behind Blu-ray vs. HD DVD war, and shows real colors of Microsoft.
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Through 2005, Toshiba continued to struggle with HD-DVD. The components required to render HD video and display Microsoft’s HDi were similar to a low-end PC, and cost roughly $675 just for the bill of materials. That left Toshiba with a major hardware loss when trying to sell the players at a $500 consumer price target. The company was ready to drop HD-DVD that year and join the Blu-Ray consortium, but Microsoft pushed it to continue.
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this was about VC1 and HDi allowing them to reclaim a bit of their empirical stature in the CE and IT industry.
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Full article here:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/
Very interesting and informative article that shows who was behind Blu-ray vs. HD DVD war, and shows real colors of Microsoft.
Some quotes:
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Through 2005, Toshiba continued to struggle with HD-DVD. The components required to render HD video and display Microsoft’s HDi were similar to a low-end PC, and cost roughly $675 just for the bill of materials. That left Toshiba with a major hardware loss when trying to sell the players at a $500 consumer price target. The company was ready to drop HD-DVD that year and join the Blu-Ray consortium, but Microsoft pushed it to continue.
......
this was about VC1 and HDi allowing them to reclaim a bit of their empirical stature in the CE and IT industry.
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Full article here:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/02/21/lessons-from-the-death-of-hd-dvd/