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Originally Posted by tomdkat
How many different HD DVD player manufacturers produce players not based on the Toshiba unit? How about Blu-Ray players not based on a Sony unit? If the players are based on the same unit, it's very easy to standardize... sort of like having a heterogeneous Windows XP SP2 network. 
I think it's still too early for these kinds of conclusions to be drawn since both sides are still introducing new format features to the marketplace. 
Peace... |
No, I think there is a difference on standardization. The hd-dvd spec was finalized so that even the hd-a1 can play all the extra features fluff and can even do TrueHD. Once blu-ray puts out profile 1.1 players, they will be roughly the same thing, but for now, hd-dvd has a consistent spec for its players.
You do have a point that there is a difference between hd-dvd just having Toshiba, and blu-ray having multiple CE's, but to this point, all bd players have not had the internal components to be 1.1 profile compliant. With a year and a half into the format, it certainly IS an advantage for hd-dvd.