Why Microsoft Won't Have Blu-ray on the Xbox 395
Ian Lamont writes "Ever since Toshiba stopped production of HD DVD players, many Xbox 360 owners have been wondering when Microsoft will offer some sort of Blu-ray option for the Xbox 360. The answer: Probably never. Microsoft's product manager for the Xbox 360 has told Reuters that Microsoft is not in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association. Why not? The Industry Standard points to HDi, an obscure Microsoft technology that was part of the HD DVD interactivity layer. HDi may be dead on physical media, but it could potentially be applied to other Microsoft HD-compatible technologies such as Xbox Live Arcade and Windows Media Center, and be part of a long-term play to own a big share of the market for HD content delivered over the Internet."
Another reason... (Score:5, Informative)
This isn't a troll. I love my 360, I do. But I've used it to watch DVDs and stream videos from my laptop, and honestly, even in the most well-ventilated of spaces, the console is just too loud for me to enjoy it as a media center at all.
Re:So when you want Blu-ray content... (Score:5, Informative)
This sucks (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Blurry Compatible (Score:1, Informative)
Um, ah, Microsoft and Corel are partners (Score:5, Informative)
Re:The reason is simple... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Doesn't make sense (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Eventually ... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:The reason is simple... (Score:2, Informative)
As far as I know Office has been there for a very long time and part of their way of securing the original Mac OS before it's release.
Re:Um, ah, Microsoft and Corel are partners (Score:4, Informative)
DLC is not true HD (Score:4, Informative)
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