May 30, 2006

Sony, BluRay, and HD-DVD roundup...

OK, so here is more of my screed against Sony, BluRay, and HD-DVD.

So here is an article about how evil both formats are, and how they are both about declaring war on the consumer.

I have to say, I'm not proud that Intel invented HDCP. HDCP is the bane of the consumer and new technology. It is good for only two parties... Content providers who can use it to force you to buy n copies your content (where n is the number of devices types you want to use it on). And the established device companies who can use it to push back and crush upstarts with new ideas.

Here is an article about Sony failing to keep its brand identity and hence forcing to to sell for lower margins.

Finally here is an article from PCWorld that glosses over the controversy but does cover some of the technical details of the two formats.

Posted by pqbon at May 30, 2006 8:54 PM