INTEL is open and ready to support BLU-RAY !!!

[Ricko]

http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/10/04/bluray/index.php

Intel Corp., which last week expressed support for the HD-DVD format for high-definition video discs, is open to also supporting the rival Blu-ray Disc format should its backers commit to allowing the copying of content from discs onto home multimedia servers, an Intel executive said Tuesday.

“We have not heard an unequivocal statement from the Blu-ray camp to say that you’ll be able to have mandatory managed copy without any kind of complications and any kind of issues. So we could be thrilled if they were able to deliver a similar commitment,” McDonald said. “The opportunity is for Blu-ray to unequivocally commit to having exactly the same consumer friendly features.”

Intel’s statement of support doesn’t mean its technology won’t work with Blu-ray Disc. Like other technologies the company will build the technical support required for the format into its chipsets and devices, he said.

HHHHMMMM !

[Palladin]

Got it in 2 mins. earlier. :) What don't I win?

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6298245&&#post6298245

Get the feeling these industry announcements are going to become a daily ritual? :D

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Palladin

Chance favors the prepared mind

[Ricko]

Got it in 2 mins. earlier. What don't I win?

How about a BD Player... LOL !!!! :)

[hmurchison]

Hahahah

God you guys are killing me LOL. Peripheral support happens in the Operating System

folks. Out of the Microsoft/Intel duo it is far more important to have Microsoft support than Intel.

[Ricko]

[QUOTE=hmurchison]Hahahah

God you guys are killing me LOL. Peripheral support happens in the Operating System

folks. Out of the Microsoft/Intel duo it is far more important to have Microsoft support than Intel.[/QUOTE]


Yes But...

Intel’s statement of support doesn’t mean its technology won’t work with Blu-ray Disc. Like other technologies the company will build the technical support required for the format into its chipsets and devices, he said.

That pretty much says it all !

[hmurchison]

That doesn't say anything.

BDDRIVE will hook up via ATA or SATA. The driver support is embedded in the OS low level. Intel is overstating their actual importance here.

[Ricko]

http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=1839&inkc=0

The last paragraph in the MacWorld story appears to nullify the import of Intel's suppport for HD-DVD. Working out exactly what that HD-DVD support will mean in Intel product terms as distinct from Blu-ray support is virtually impossible.

You can see the eyes watering with the size of the potential opportunity in the AMD and Linux suppliers' marketing departments. Should we expect AMD to announce it's supporting Blu-ray (as well as HD-DVD too of course)? Should we expect Sun to announce its Solaris freeby is going to have Blu-ray support? Will Novell, ever the late band-wagon jumper, try to add Blu-ray support to its (SuSE) Linux distribution and kick-start its PC Linux business more strongly? Red Hat - Blu-ray? What a combination of primary colours

We know Microsoft can't support Blu-ray because XBox-competing Sony PlayStations will use it. But why is Intel in there with HD-DVD support? Why should it care? Has it got some chips it wants to sell to HD-DVD kit suppliers?

[archibael]

Well, duh.

http://news.designtechnica.com/article7128.html

Doesn't mean they wouldn't sell to Blu-ray as well.

[Bluescale]

Disclaimer - This is pure speculation!

Perhaps it's dawned on Intel (or perhaps some crafty BDA representative made it clear to them) that BD+ could be used to automatically deny any Wintel based system as an approved system for MC1. Gary's made this point in another thread. Perhaps Intel realizes that getting in bed with the BDA will get them taken off the automatic deny list.

[dialog_gvf]

I said they realized they still need to remain cozy with Dell and HP, after their announcement resulted in both coming out more solid for BD than ever.

Intel must have looked in horror as Microsoft started screaming a bunch of complaints against Blu-ray that had no connection to Intel's interests.

Intel execs agonize over the extra computing power needed for BD-Java? :rolleyes:

They worry about the replication costs of discs? Then again, I can't figure MS's problem there either except maybe as trying to appear as the grand ally of the studios. "We share your pain". :)

So, now Intel has told everyone that their desire is MC. The BD studios know that, and can choose whether to satisfy Intel or create an adversary.

I suspect all will turn out fine.

Gary

[tetra-pro]

[QUOTE=hmurchison]That doesn't say anything.

BDDRIVE will hook up via ATA or SATA. The driver support is embedded in the OS low level. Intel is overstating their actual importance here.[/QUOTE]Yeah, after creating their own compiler suite and other development tools, and writing countless drivers for all sorts of doo-hickeys, and writing the software that runs the plants that fab the processors that run all sorts of software, they're probably just not smart enough to create a SATA driver that supports BD. What a bunch of dummies!

[Bluescale]

[QUOTE=dialog_gvf]I said they realized they still need to remain cozy with Dell and HP, after their announcement resulted in both coming out more solid for BD than ever.[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry - I wasn't clear in my statement. What I meant was that you had pointed out the fact that it doesn't make sense that 1MC can be disable by BD+. Instead, it might mean that specific devices are not approved for BD+ (rather than all devices). I added the part about Intel's possible realization...

[AnthonyP]

God you guys are killing me LOL. Peripheral support happens in the Operating System


peripheral support is done with drivers most are not written by MS th only thing MS might be able to do is not make media player play nicely with BR, and even that is doubtful.

[archibael]

1MC seems to be the only thing Intel cares about in this war, despite the list of six reasons Microsoft gave, when queried. Don MacDonald's (Vice President of Intel's Digital Home Group) comments yesterday made that clear.

And with good reason-- which of the other items on the list means jack to Intel? Answer: none. They are traditionally platform agnostic unless there is something specific in it for them-- that's good business sense. 1MC provides a reason for people to buy a computer to watch their flicks on instead of a set-top box, and therefore they will support a solution which permits that.

If Blu-ray comes out with 1MC, Intel will probably support Blu-ray with equal zeal. And even if Blu-ray doesn't support 1MC, Intel probably just won't join the Blu-ray Cheerleading squad like they did with HD-DVD. But it's not like they're going to build safeguards into their chips to make sure Blu-ray doesn't work.

Intel's support says very little about the technology in question other than that it is in their business interest to have 1MC. All the other "reasons" cited by Microsoft are likely irrelevant to Intel, and I'm ignoring them.