well thats how big retail products work. If this were an opensource project, it would be supporting everything under the sun. But since hd-dvd lost, it has to maintain mass consumerisim. They dont want their customers going, what the hell is hddvd in a couple yearts from now while running their software.
That would be like windows dvd maker including a help file on how to transfer your beta tapes to dvd, or nero supporting laser discs.
Speaking of nero, I expect they would pull a similar stunt and remove hd-dvd support in the future as well, probably not for a little while tho, like a year or so.
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mike @ Apr 10th 2008 3:30PM
well thats how big retail products work. If this were an opensource project, it would be supporting everything under the sun. But since hd-dvd lost, it has to maintain mass consumerisim. They dont want their customers going, what the hell is hddvd in a couple yearts from now while running their software.
That would be like windows dvd maker including a help file on how to transfer your beta tapes to dvd, or nero supporting laser discs.
Speaking of nero, I expect they would pull a similar stunt and remove hd-dvd support in the future as well, probably not for a little while tho, like a year or so.