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Christopher C. Murphy January 26th, 2004 08:00 PM

US Dept. of Justice investigating Blu-Ray
 
FYI - hope this speeds up and doesn't hurt HD-DVD!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...01252222000440

Peter Moore January 27th, 2004 07:23 AM

The DOJ just doesn't seem to learn when it comes to these things. They should be attacking the MPAA over copy protection, not Sony over trying to set a standard.

Frank Granovski January 27th, 2004 07:34 AM

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...not Sony over trying to set a standard.
Hmmm. Sony's BETA thing is still fresh on my mind, and I think their microMV was another attempt at setting a standard...Sony's standard.

Peter Moore January 27th, 2004 03:32 PM

And beta actually was the superior standard (as recognized by broadcasters) and blue-ray is too.

Frank Granovski January 27th, 2004 07:30 PM

Well, yes. BETA was superior but Sony either didn't want to share it or wanted too much money from other cam makers, from what I recall. That was the issue which lead it to failure.

Nicholi Brossia January 27th, 2004 09:29 PM

I second that, Frank. JVC sold VHS product rights to other companies like it was going out of style. Hence, lower price, higher availability.

Peter Moore January 29th, 2004 07:57 AM

Ok sure, but you know, if they go with WM9, they've got the same problem from Microsoft. So if you're going to trust a giant, why not trust the one who's overing the disk with more long term beenfits? That's clearly blu-ray. Even if we don't need 30 GB today, we will tomorrow. DVD-9 can't last forever.


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