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Vista to Support Blu-Ray DVD???

by Jason Bean on January 20th, 2006

Paul Thurrott suggests that that the CTP release of Windows Vista may include support for Blu-Ray technology, although it’s denied by Microsoft who states it’s the responsibility for other developers to include support for that technology since Microsoft is providing the platform itself.

“There are still no plans for any development work on [Blu-ray] from Microsoft,” a company spokesperson told me on Wednesday. “Since Windows is a platform, they expect companies to provide [Blu-ray] solutions for Windows Vista.” The company pointed me to work that Cyberlink is doing with its XP-based Blu-ray video editing, playback, and disc-burning solution as an example of the type of third-party products it expects to see for Vista as well.

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  • » More on HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray Windows Vista Weblog
    Jan 24, 2006 at 12:18 am

    […] We wrote about Vista getting HD DVD, not Blu-Ray. But the last few days it has become more and more obvious that there is no real leader in the format-race. And if there will ever be one, with products still not available in the retail market. The microsoftweblog.com writes that the CTP release of Windows Vista may include support for Blu-Ray technology, although it’s denied by Microsoft who states it’s the responsibility for other developers to include support for that technology (since Microsoft is providing the platform itself)… This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 and is filed under Windows Vista, Microsoft. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. […]

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