Re: BDA makes a truce offer to M$ and Toshiba

Why would Microsoft do this, when they should have implemented a HD DVD drive inside the 360. Sounds kinda funny to me.

they would do it now, bacause is standard. before there were two choices.

MS bring it on! once thats release. i see tons of ppl buying it. Cme-on MS. 360 Bluray addon with 5 free movies. lol !!!!

then the Ps3 selling rate in ebay will go crazy... (from the people that dont play games, only blu)like it was for hddvd after the warner announcement.

talk about hddvd, anyone looked on ebay??? hddvds going for 5 bucks, plus 4 shipping. thats like 9, make believe early adopters are so silly!!

If the bluray add-on comes out for the XBOX 360 I will definitely be getting myself that game console. You get the best of both worlds, lotsa games and bluray, no need to get the PS3.

I would be surprised if they gave you 5 free movies with it though now that there's no competition. You may get a freebie with the add-on (like King Kong with the HD DVD add-on) so you can get a taste of what bluray looks like.

Given the fact that it was far too expensive to buy into the BR side of the format war, I went with red. If the 360 had a BR add on... it would open up a whole other part of the market. One which i would be a part of.

I hate Sony with a passion and if I saw that MS could potentially strike a blow to Sony with this idea of a BR add on. Id be all over it. Reading the first post in this thread, if true, cleared up a few misconceptions I had. I thought that Sony WAS Blu-Ray. That lead to my contempt for the format. If in fact they are just a part of it and dont have the control I thought they did, thats a much easier pill to swallow.

Bring on a 360 BR add on. Lets get a campaign started!

Obviously Sony needs somebody to fix ALL their problems with blu-ray, and who else if not HD DVD, that had all its features 'fully operational'...incredible, ppl!

What would M$ offer to the BDA? I understand they would have to join in order to make an addon. Is is it possible that HDI could be used on Blu-ray discs? I would hope this is true because HDI is better than the Java garbage. Maybe when Universal switches they will use HDI on the discs. I assume Warner would also start using HDI, since they are fond of the VC1 codec.

The only way the BDA would add HDi to Blu-ray would be to include an implementation of it written in BD-Java on the movie itself. I wouldn't see any point in doing this, since the tools for BD-Java GUI-based authoring are being continually improved. Plus Sonic's authoring products don't even offer support for HDi anymore.

It will be easy for Universal to recreate their standard movie menu interface in BD-Java if they so desire.

I think that a XBOX 360 with built in Blu-ray drive is VERY unlikely.

The Blu-ray add-on drive? Perhaps. Remember that XBOX 360's real focus is bringing games to the people and the only feature they can use the Blu-ray drive for is movie playback.

MS would only consider Blu-ray if consumers was buying other consoles because they have the drive.

Guess what, the two best selling gaming consoles don't have a HD drive. The Wii and the Xbox 360.

@Bosshog
firstly, watch the 360 price rise to 600
secondly, i'm sure sony does still own a mjor part of the share in the copyright
thridly, i'm sure sony doesn't want anything of theirs affiliated with rrod.
and lastly, watch the ps3 price drop another 100$.

Girls girls girls,
Why would Sony make an addon for it's competition, when every BR manufactured stand alone is 400$+? 360 with blu ray will top 600 and you can quote me on that. What happened the last time a console went for 600? ps3 first year.