Despite reports that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 is in the works from an ASUS subsidiary, Microsoft has once again moved to deny the rumors.
Microsoft had no comment when the reports hit last week, but now an official has sent an email to the popular gaming website GamePro denying the reports.
"As we have stated, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. Games are what drive ... [ read the full article ]
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now its about blu-ray for backups which frankly is unbelievable, time is money and when it takes half the day to transfer 50gigs you ain't going to be doing much work now are you, which is why tape is used with hard drives for second choice!
will the 360 get a blu-ray drive, who cares other than the fud spreader that wants free advertising, but they will need a larger storage medium in the future, lets hope they go solid state and not Drm-Ray!
Well. If you are so worried about people changing topics, maybe you should start your own forum thread instead of turning every news post with the word Blu-Ray into your own anti-Sony pride parade.
I figured out a way for you to not have the "evil corporations" attack you and restrict what you do... don't buy their stuff.
This would help everyone really:
1) it would help to not clutter the news artictles with your own paranoid propaganda and scare tactics which are loosely backed up by people on other sites who happen to share your opinion. (que unlimited amout of links in a response post to try and prove your point)
2)It would help those who are actually proactive about working AROUND these DRM issues discuss how to go about it without having to read "AHHH SONY!!" every 2 posts.
The way I see it, if you are so frightened by the DRM/Rootkits/BDA etc. then you can either not buy their product to feel safer... or maybe add something to a community of people who have already found ways around some of these issues.
Your (favorite) DVD's had the same issues at first. You seem to know a lot about the format and so I'm sure you are aware that some proactive people developed ways around their restrictions that you and I both benefit from today. Maybe instead of freaking out, you could help with it.
Ahh.. sony'd.. same as "the surprise tupperware party".. go on.. google it.. I dare ya ;)
note:: I don't buy any drm filled shit. They fill it with drm.. I pirate it instead. Same goes for the broadcasters catch up services that are full of drm.. I pay for the service.. I pay to have access to the catchup service. Because I run open source drm free systems I am excluded.. Tough Luck.. I pirate instead.
DRM causes piracy. People who would be happy to use services and systems perfectly legally are forced into doing shady things by restrictive behaviour and other seriously dodgy practices foisted on them by greedy corporations.
Maybe you like being treated like an "Arkansas mudpool sandwich".. But I don't.
@ ZippyDSM
about HDD backup, I already have many HDD's, SCSI, and IDE sitting there with no use.
Your idea dosent work
i already have IDE and SCSI disks that i dont know what to do with them, We renewed our PC's and MAC's and...no ide anymore.
To backup works to this over worked HDD is not an option.
But guess what? Both PC's and G5 Mac's can still read even CD's.
and ZippyDSM and nobrainer, i still havent got an answer to my question.
what was the DVD recording cost back at 2001?
Cause to what BD offers today compared to DVD back then, BD is way cheaper.
Originally posted by SDF_GR: @ ZippyDSM
about HDD backup, I already have many HDD's, SCSI, and IDE sitting there with no use.
Your idea dosent work
i already have IDE and SCSI disks that i dont know what to do with them, We renewed our PC's and MAC's and...no ide anymore.
To backup works to this over worked HDD is not an option.
But guess what? Both PC's and G5 Mac's can still read even CD's.
and ZippyDSM and nobrainer, i still havent got an answer to my question.
what was the DVD recording cost back at 2001?
Cause to what BD offers today compared to DVD back then, BD is way cheaper.
its called a caddy backup system, and many small companies that don't require server tape backup, use this or even a usbhd, it depends on the type size of the business and size of work/database ect. many very small family run businesses use cd's and dvd's but do they actually "know" how to back up and protect their data, i've seen many ppl foolish enough not to bother and it's very devastating to a company when the **** hits the fan. Now you even have to option to backup via your net connection for a very reasonable cost and if they screw your data you are covered by their insurance for any losses.
and how much was a 5 1/4 floppy when they came out, its not relevant, what is, is current price of blu-ray and its not cheap enough by a long shot, then you have the appalling read write speeds which is utterly useless to any company as time is money, and waiting 2 weeks to bakup even a small server or half a day to transfer a 30gig file is laughable.
