Comments on: HD-DVD: Out of the Box http://www.command-tab.com/2006/06/23/hd-dvd-out-of-the-box/ Technology and Mac geekery. One part exuberance, two parts obsession. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:18:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Olly http://www.command-tab.com/2006/06/23/hd-dvd-out-of-the-box/#comment-26359 Olly Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:34:07 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/2006/06/23/hd-dvd-out-of-the-box/#comment-26359 Supposedly the first Blu-Ray players are similar. I'm not sure whether they use off-the-shelf parts like a P4 (the HD-DVD players also run on Red Hat) but they follow the trend of essentially being PCs, complete with extended bootup times. Personally I'm rooting for HD-DVD especially since the initial impressions of Blu-Ray from various sources have been unimpressed (see the excellent and comprehensive look <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=7850079#post7850079" rel="nofollow">here</a>), but either way I'm waiting for the second or third generation players. I want a nice slim one that can boot up and into the disc in ten seconds like my DVD player does. Supposedly the first Blu-Ray players are similar. I’m not sure whether they use off-the-shelf parts like a P4 (the HD-DVD players also run on Red Hat) but they follow the trend of essentially being PCs, complete with extended bootup times.

Personally I’m rooting for HD-DVD especially since the initial impressions of Blu-Ray from various sources have been unimpressed (see the excellent and comprehensive look here), but either way I’m waiting for the second or third generation players. I want a nice slim one that can boot up and into the disc in ten seconds like my DVD player does.

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