Comments on: Forrester: Blu-ray winning drawn-out format war http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/10/20/forrester-blu-ray-winning-drawn-out-format-war/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/10/20/forrester-blu-ray-winning-drawn-out-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 megazone Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:01:50 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/10/20/forrester-blu-ray-winning-drawn-out-format-war/#comment-2383 The thing is, it seems very unlikely that they'd drop BD-J at this point in the game. If they add iHD I'm certain we'd see *both* required.Maybe adding iHD isn't so bad - and I think it is probably the right thing to do for politicla reasons - but I don't think it will replace BD-J. The thing is, it seems very unlikely that they’d drop BD-J at this point in the game. If they add iHD I’m certain we’d see *both* required.

Maybe adding iHD isn’t so bad – and I think it is probably the right thing to do for politicla reasons – but I don’t think it will replace BD-J.

]]> By: cbeveridgehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/10/20/forrester-blu-ray-winning-drawn-out-format-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 cbeveridge Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:39:53 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/10/20/forrester-blu-ray-winning-drawn-out-format-war/#comment-2382 iHD stuff:1) It's free basically. MSFT is dropping it into the patent pool and isn't making anything on it. They do get advantages from it but it's been developed by them and others, including Sony, so getting that in there is a good thing. It's also supposedly very easy to develop for.2) It'd get the albatross of BD-J off of Blu-Ray. The thing is hella-expensive (3-6$ per piece of hardware for patent) and it's been delayed continually and is still behind schedule and could affect the spring launch. iHD stuff:

1) It’s free basically. MSFT is dropping it into the patent pool and isn’t making anything on it. They do get advantages from it but it’s been developed by them and others, including Sony, so getting that in there is a good thing. It’s also supposedly very easy to develop for.

2) It’d get the albatross of BD-J off of Blu-Ray. The thing is hella-expensive (3-6$ per piece of hardware for patent) and it’s been delayed continually and is still behind schedule and could affect the spring launch.

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