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Is Microsoft going to own the next generation DVD format?

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Is Microsoft going to own the next generation DVD format?

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I think Microsoft is going to own the next generation DVD format. And I don’t say that as a Microsoft booster. I think it’s just the route that is going to make the most sense.

When I bought the new Terminator 2 DVD, the second DVD came with the full movie at 1080P (that’s P, not I) which is essentially super-duper High Definition TV. It was all in a collection of .WMV files and it all fit on a single DVD.

Moreover, with a computer with a DVD drive, I could watch this DVD on any screen – regular TV or the various other HDTV standards. It would just scale to whather and do so pretty seamlessly.

What I predict is that you’ll see new DVDs come with support for WMV files. Think about it, one DVD holding a 1080P (1080 lines of resolution) movie. Right now, most DVDs get filled up with a single 480P movie because they are so poorly compressed.

So Microsoft will end up owning the next generation format. This is a market Apple could have owned.

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Look you don't have to love MS to be a Windows user. I customize my Windows maybe because I don't like the MS look and feel. Enough elitist propaganda already. This is not an MS propaganda site!!!!!



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Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nor Linux...



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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Damn it do you have to keep battling me? It's not any kind of propaganda site. I never said this is a Linux site and I am well aware it is not. Now just let this die already.



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Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you noticed you've done this on four threads now?
Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top
May I remember You of Your own words : 'It is my business when the attack is made in public. It is the public's business.'
Last words from me to You anyway...



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Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Aye Froggy,
I agree that Apple completely missed the boat on this one too. Perhaps they were too busy laying the ground work for iTunes® to get iFlix® up and running…
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's not just the flaws present in Microsoft products that turns me against Microsoft, it's Microsoft's evil ways of doing business.

Yes indeed .... the expect you to pay for an OS! >
If you don't like what I have to say then don't pay attention to it and don't respond to it.

Better yet, don't post uninformed and paranoid garbage. >
Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Microsoft could also set up the technology so that only Microsoft software can work with the DVDs. This means the player makers will have to purchase the software which again is a cost that is passed down to the consumers.


No different than Nintendo. to play their games you have to buy their player... so what? anyways, nuff said.