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Microsoft confirms Blu-ray support
With the HD DVD high-definition video format dead, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer said it’s time “to move on” and has confirmed that they will indeed support the victorious Blu-ray disc format. In fact, the company is already working on “device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like,” with more to come.
No word yet on whether Microsoft will offer a version of its Xbox 360 console equipped with an internal Blu-ray drive or offer an external drive at an additional cost the way it did with its plug-in HD-DVD player – if any. Ballmer believes that, while it might be important for Xbox 360 to have a high-def player today, more HD content could eventually be pushed over the Internet rather than delivered in a physical format. In any case, what’s certain is that as the PlayStation 3 continues to pick up steam, Microsoft will need to come up with a Blu-ray answer to continue competing.
No word yet on whether Microsoft will offer a version of its Xbox 360 console equipped with an internal Blu-ray drive or offer an external drive at an additional cost the way it did with its plug-in HD-DVD player – if any. Ballmer believes that, while it might be important for Xbox 360 to have a high-def player today, more HD content could eventually be pushed over the Internet rather than delivered in a physical format. In any case, what’s certain is that as the PlayStation 3 continues to pick up steam, Microsoft will need to come up with a Blu-ray answer to continue competing.
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User Comments (6)
Post a comment| mirob on March 12, 2008 11:17 PM | My blu-ray drive works so I have no clue what ""already
working on “device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the
like,” "" means. I hope that means media center support
because spending $100 on a dumb player software is just
crazy.
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| icye on March 13, 2008 3:29 PM | It would turn off a lot of existing X-Box 360 users
including me if Microsoft decided to offer an internal
Blu-Ray drive on future consoles down the road. The more
likely solution is an external drive, which I hope Microsoft
will make it look more stylish than their previous HD-DVD
offering. I still think that Microsoft should offer larger
hard drives for their console so people can download hi-def
content and store it on there. I don't think even with
Blu-Ray's win in the hi-def war, there are still many
serious doubts on its overall future success.
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| trinitibt on March 13, 2008 9:26 PM | My PS3 was a solid entertainment investment. It was
brilliant for Sony to put a 2.5 inch SATA drive in it. With
the capacity of these small, cool and quite laptop drives
increasing every few months I can enjoy the best of both HD
worlds. They already have a 750GB drive out. 1TB will be out
probably by the end of the year. Plus I can add on external
drives for additional storage. Sony got it right from the
getgo and now M$ has to play catch up and patch a comparable
system together for its customers. I feel bad for the
consumers that bought the hype. They will be out of much
more money in the long run.
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| peas on March 13, 2008 11:12 PM | "1TB will be out probably by the end of the year", in a 2.5"
form factor? Are you smoking crack? Sorny hasn't "won" anything. Toshiba snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but that doesn't mean Sorny has the mental capacity to drive Blue Ray to wide adoption. They are already faltering two months into their supposed victory.
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| icye on March 14, 2008 10:12 AM | For a ps3, 2.5 inch hard drives that spin at 7200rpm will
overheat inside the console because its cooling system is
not that efficient at those speeds.
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| aston on March 22, 2008 7:36 PM | if you want to be boxed into proprietary systems or in the
consumer space ..then yes. In the enterprise space however,
bluray server systems are very different. Platform agnostic
and UDF read write compatible.
http://phantomdatasystems.com/bluray_server.html
blu ray server
[url]http://phantomdatasystems.com/bluray_server.html[/ url] Phantom data systems sure takes the lead on enterprise blu ray. SH.
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