Comments on: lg and warner seek to end the blu-ray/hd dvd war http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/04/lg-and-warner-seek-to-solve-the-blu-rayhd-dvd-war/ cool gadgets, gizmos, games and geeky gadgets Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ManChicken http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/04/lg-and-warner-seek-to-solve-the-blu-rayhd-dvd-war/comment-page-1/#comment-707 ManChicken Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:21:34 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/04/lg-and-warner-seek-to-solve-the-blu-rayhd-dvd-war/#comment-707 How about neither? Instead of choosing between two ridiculous formats that encrypt purchased media and restrict consumer freedom and choice, why not come up with one (or more) format that respects consumer freedom? Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combined with Microsoft Vista will result in the most restrictive general-purpose computing ever recorded. Let's not pay for a format that benefits the media company over the consumer, let's pay for a media format that benefits the consumer. How about neither? Instead of choosing between two ridiculous formats that encrypt purchased media and restrict consumer freedom and choice, why not come up with one (or more) format that respects consumer freedom?

Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combined with Microsoft Vista will result in the most restrictive general-purpose computing ever recorded. Let’s not pay for a format that benefits the media company over the consumer, let’s pay for a media format that benefits the consumer.

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