<strong>IIRC, this is basically lip service. Microsoft jumped in with the DVD+RW Alliance over 2 years ago shortly after Apple and Compaq started shipping DVD-RW drive equipped PCs.</strong><hr></blockquote>And another thing....
All too often we forget that computers are not the only devices that use DVDs. DVD+R/RW is supposed to be more capatible with older DVD players. Why this should be of interest people who buy new players is beyond me. At any rate, I recently spoke to a local high-end video salesman about the two formats. I asked him which format he thought would survive DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW. He stated flatly that it would be DVD-R/RW. If you look at the actual sales without the Microsoft FUD, DVD-R/RW is dominant. IMHO, in chosing DVD+R/RW, Microsoft is trying to leverage the market to its own advantage. However, the DVD market is extremely robust outside the PC space where Microsoft is an also-ran.
<strong>IIRC, this is basically lip service. Microsoft jumped in with the DVD+RW Alliance over 2 years ago shortly after Apple and Compaq started shipping DVD-RW drive equipped PCs.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Does Compaq still back the DVD Forum, though, with the takeover by HP?
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<strong>IIRC, this is basically lip service. Microsoft jumped in with the DVD+RW Alliance over 2 years ago shortly after Apple and Compaq started shipping DVD-RW drive equipped PCs.</strong><hr></blockquote>And another thing....
All too often we forget that computers are not the only devices that use DVDs. DVD+R/RW is supposed to be more capatible with older DVD players. Why this should be of interest people who buy new players is beyond me. At any rate, I recently spoke to a local high-end video salesman about the two formats. I asked him which format he thought would survive DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW. He stated flatly that it would be DVD-R/RW. If you look at the actual sales without the Microsoft FUD, DVD-R/RW is dominant. IMHO, in chosing DVD+R/RW, Microsoft is trying to leverage the market to its own advantage. However, the DVD market is extremely robust outside the PC space where Microsoft is an also-ran.
<strong>IIRC, this is basically lip service. Microsoft jumped in with the DVD+RW Alliance over 2 years ago shortly after Apple and Compaq started shipping DVD-RW drive equipped PCs.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Does Compaq still back the DVD Forum, though, with the takeover by HP?