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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
adam @ Oct 10th 2008 12:04PM
A Blu-Ray Xbox 360 add-on is all that is needed. I mean look at what the HD-DVD add-on did for the format... wait a second... oops, maybe that's not a good example.
MJ @ Oct 10th 2008 12:09PM
^XBox 360 will probably happen per this article posted today on AVSForum and Electronic House.
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/xbox_360_blu_ray_drive_rumors_persist/C175
why not the LS2LS7? @ Oct 10th 2008 12:13PM
MJ:
MS already denied those again. They're just internet rumors. People just keep tweaking the old rumors over and over.
I don't think add-ons will amount to anything anyway. The dropping prices of standalone players will make add-ons unviable.
squiggleslash @ Oct 10th 2008 12:32PM
MS believes downloads are the future. It kinda backed HD DVD (though not to the same extent as Sony did Blu-ray) because HD DVD was designed to fit into and be a hub for a downloads ecosystem, but BD really doesn't and it's improbable MS gives a crap about it.
Indeed, I'd go further and say they'd really like it to fail. Trying to get Hollywood on board for HD DVD meant they had to go overboard in locking down certain aspects of Vista, and much of what makes Vista a mess is because of the attempts to implement "secure path" and all of its evils. With HD DVD no longer in the picture, Microsoft has two choices - they can carry on with secure path in an attempt to shore up a format they have no interest in, or they can quietly loosen the collar a little and make Windows 7 a little less restrictive.
I strongly suspect they'll do the latter, especially as Hollywood seems less concerned with "secure path" for online HD downloads - neither Hulu HD nor iTS seem to require it, for example.
LiqwidZero @ Oct 10th 2008 2:05PM
Downloads aren't the future for permanently purchased movies, but I follow the belief that downloads are the future for rentals.
JimC @ Oct 10th 2008 2:22PM
squiggleslash, Microsoft would whore out anything to push market dominance in any market. It is all about what makes them money and gives them market edge. Once blu-ray drives become more prolific in PC market, expect that to weigh heavily on MS to consider that for their game platform.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Oct 10th 2008 4:06PM
squiggleslash:
The "secure path" is used to protect all HD content, including downloaded, DRMed HD movies.
Someone sold Hollywood on this secure path crap and so they will not allow their content to be displayed on equipment that doesn't support it, regardless of delivery media.
squiggleslash @ Oct 14th 2008 3:24PM
Why not: Nope, Mac OS X doesn't have secure path, and Hulu.com is based on Flash technology which is also not secure-path based.
At this point, so far as I can tell, none of the online download HD systems do "secure path".