Andy Pennell's BlogSee me blather about software development, Audio/Visual stuff (esp HD DVD), Tech Toys, Fatherhood, plus anything else that gets me going.Why HD DVD Really Lost The Format War- February 20, 2008 It's all my fault. I'm terribly sorry. Something critical happened in October 2007 that I forgot to add to yesterday's Diary posting. Before CES 2007 I was going to do it, but I was worried that something bad might happen at CES so I didn't. After the Paramount announcement I figured that CES 2008 was going to be great for us (I mean what could possibly go wrong), so I went and got myself the license place "HD DVD". Little did I know that right there and then I doomed my favorite...http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2008/02/20/why-hd-dvd-lost-the-format-war.aspx Diary of a High Definition Format War- February 20, 2008 Here are my personal highlights (and lowlights) of the format war, from down in the trenches of the HD DVD team at Microsoft. To make it a bit clearer, here is a graph of the peaks and troughs of the last three years: April 2005: I join the Profession Content Group. Immediately start work on iHD engine (later renamed HDi) for the PC. (Eventually this code will run on Xbox, Linux and Windows CE too). August 2005: HD DVD Spec 1.0 is finished, and a party is held on a boat on Lake...http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2008/02/19/diary-of-a-high-definition-format-war... |