Pressure to make more consumer friendly a standard for the next generation of DVDs continued to mount yesterday. Boston-based Forrester Research predicted a victory for that standard, Blu-ray, over its rival, HD-DVD, but only a Pyrrhic one if the tough digital rights management (DRM) scheme incorporated into the technology isn’t relaxed. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard, the nation’s second largest PC maker, called on the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to modify its proposed standard to allow limited copying of platters for use on a home network.
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Pressure Building for Kinder, Gentler Blu-ray
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. October 20, 2005 08:01 AMPressure to make more consumer friendly a standard for the next generation of DVDs continued to mount yesterday. Boston-based Forrester Research predicted a victory for that standard, Blu-ray, over its rival, HD-DVD, but only a Pyrrhic one if the tough digital rights management (DRM) scheme incorporated into the technology isn’t relaxed. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard, the nation’s second largest PC maker, called on the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to modify its proposed standard to allow limited copying of platters for use on a home network.