Microsoft's Xbox Could Consider Blu-Ray Support
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TechWeb - Microsoft's video gaming unit still fully backs Toshiba HD-DVD high-definition DVD format.
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Blu-ray on Wednesday said Microsoft Corp.  has won the DVD technology group's backing of a video compression standard for new high-definition discs, marking an advance for the software maker in an emerging consumer electronics arena.
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BT's on-demand service BT Vision will be available via the Xbox from mid-2008.
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Vulnerability could have let Xbox owners run their own applications or operating systems like Linux on the console.
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Our countdown to next week's CES centers now on whether the CE industry will at last reach a solution to the DRM conundrum. The new trend toward DRM-free music doesn't appear to be shaking the Blu-ray and HD DVD folks, who continue to cling to proprietary disk formats. Will consumers seek a video alternative, and might it come from China?
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Blog: At E3, the electronics giant may give details on a new service that would allow PS3 owners to download movies and TV shows.
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Makers of gaming consoles want part of the on-demand-video future.
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Microsoft Corp.&#039;s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of Pac-Man and Frogger.
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com December 29, 2004, 1:40 PM PT. A new Blu-ray and DVD hybrid disc could bring some relief to consumers weary of the format war, but will it be enough for the increasingly fractured market?
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Microsoft and Intel have joined forces in the hope of advancing a strategy both companies have been plotting for some time, saying they will work together to promote cutting edge digital home entertainment options.
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Microsoft put the high-definition rumors to rest Wednesday, announcing at its X06 event in Barcelona that the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 will arrive in the U.S. in mid-November at a cost of $199.99 USD. The package will come with a copy of "King Kong" on HD DVD and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.
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NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."
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The VC-1 codec is made an integral part of a Blu-ray spec, giving Microsoft a foot in the rival camps battling over the successor to DVDs.
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US film studio Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp will support the Blu-ray optical disc standard, helping the cause of Sony Corp and other members of the Blu-ray camp in a battle over the next generation of DVDs.
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Xbox 360 and  PS3 users get a preview of the rental service's plans for streaming distribution.
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Giant denies it's working on a console Microsoft will not build an HD DVD drive into a future Xbox 360 because it doesn't want to "limit the user's experience", an insider at fellow HD DVD backer Toshiba has said.â¦
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The Xbox 360 is well-positioned to take over the connected living room. So why isn't Microsoft doing a better job promoting it?