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Microsoft: No Plans for Blu-ray drive
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantmnemo
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Registered: March 17, 2007
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Microsoft has no plans for Blu-ray add-on
Says the attach rate of the HD DVD players was a disappointing 3%.

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I wonder if he isn't a bit off.  I think there were a lot of people who put off buying the hd-dvd drive waiting to see which format would win.  I, for one, would buy a Blu-ray add-on.  Otherwise, I'll be getting a PS3. I would imagine that if MS doesn't release a Blu-ray drive, a bunch of other people will be doing the same.
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I wonder if he isn't a bit off.  I think there were a lot of people who put off buying the hd-dvd drive waiting to see which format would win.  I, for one, would buy a Blu-ray add-on.  Otherwise, I'll be getting a PS3. I would imagine that if MS doesn't release a Blu-ray drive, a bunch of other people will be doing the same.
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The xbox HD-DVD drive needs drivers for XP but works as-is with Vista.
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he was saying for his computers combo drive to work on the xbox all it would need is drivers.
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I think Microsoft backed HD-DVD more as a spoiler for Blu-ray then any real interest in HD-DVD.

I think the only way they will produce a blu-ray drive is if the see people buying PS3 instead of Xbox to get movie playback. Given the choice I'm sure they would prefer people download their crappy videos and not buy them from someone else.
Tom.
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