Some say Microsoft chose poorly when they backed Toshiba’s HD DVD standard, and that had Microsoft backed Blu-ray instead, there wouldn’t have been much of a format war. \u00a0There’s another group, including Michael Bay, that thinks Microsoft intentionally chose a standard that they didn’t think would win in an attempt to undermine consumer confidence in disc formats altogether. \u00a0Why?So they could build up their HD content on their digital distribution service:”Microsoft has been expanding the HD video capabilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some say Microsoft chose poorly when they backed Toshiba’s HD DVD standard, and that had Microsoft backed Blu-ray instead, there wouldn’t have been much of a format war. \u00a0There’s another group, including Michael Bay, that thinks Microsoft intentionally chose a standard that they didn’t think would win in an attempt to undermine consumer confidence in disc formats altogether. \u00a0Why?So they could build up their HD content on their digital distribution service:”Microsoft has been expanding the HD video capabilities Continue reading