HP no longer feeling blue, to support HD-DVD
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Hewlett-Packard Co. has dropped its exclusive support for the Blu-ray high-definition DVD recording standard, pledging to support both Blu-ray Disc and a rival standard known as HD-DVD, the company announced Friday.
HP decided to support HD-DVD after the Blu-ray Disc Association declined to support a home networking technology that HP had advocated, the company said in a press release. In addition to pledging its support, HP has joined the HD-DVD Promotions Group.
The company wanted the Blu-ray association to include two standards, Mandatory Managed Copy and iHD, supported by HD-DVD.