HD DVD alphabit soup and other stuf

[TAS]

DVD Forum approves twin rewriteable HD DVD formats (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/21/dvd_forum_rewriteable_hd/)

HD DVD-RW
HD DVD-RAM
HD DVD-R
HD DVD-R DL

Two different rewritable formats...
That should be enough to confuse joe avarage without adding BluRay /images/graemlins/wink.gif

http://www.dvdforum.org/sc-decisions.htm
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32nd Steering Committee Meeting (November 16/17, 2005)
Approval of "Creation of RPC* Subcommittee under the Steering Committee to reconsider the recommendation of region control system of the DVD-Video format"

[Note] *RPC: Regional Playback Control

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So they are still fighting over region code.

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Approval of "The use of DVD-Video protected with CPRM on DVD recordable media"

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They can make stuff YOU record copy protected...

[Skywise]

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HD DVD-RW
HD DVD-RAM


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WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!??!

They should just make a HD DVD+RW format as well to make sure they screw themselves over from ever getting the format adopted.

[Ty]

*shakes head* It's a game. It's gotta be. They enjoy watching the heads of rational people explode. It's like a sport for them.

[JeffDM]

I bet that some five years down, if the format is still viable, some dolt consortium will diverge from the standard to add a non-standard "plus" variation and use stupid marketing to turn the standard "dash" into a "minus", while better, overselling the improvements, and add yet more confusion and incompatibilities.