Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD: The Microsoft Conspiracy Theory

Published: December 5, 2007, 1:28 am

Tags: apple, entertainment, microsoft

This article was funny enough that I had to share. Engadget: Michael Bay’s format war conspiracy theory: it’s a Microsoft fix Here is a tidbit: Responding to a commenter angry over Paramount’s decision to burn Optimus and friends onto HD DVD only, Bay claims to have the inside track on the “corporate politics” at play here, suggesting that “Microsoft wants both formats to fail so they can be heroes and make the world move to digital downloads.” He goes on to claim that Redmond has only been financially backing HD DVD over “superior Blu-ray” to create “confusion in the market” until such time as high def digital downloading goes prime time. I love it. This is fun stuff, if you are into meaningless format wars. Truth be told, Blu-Ray should be king of the hill by now. HD-DVD was almost knocking on death’s door based on studio support, with most studios either deciding to support both or just Blu-Ray. That would

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