Linked by kellym on Mon 22nd Aug 2005 18:27 UTC
"One of the more touchy subjects crowding my inbox lately relates to how Windows Vista will fail to render High Definition video in 'pure' High Definition on most existing monitors. There's quite a bit of hemming and hawing over the probability that Windows Vista users will have to buy new monitors to see HD content. Let's get a few facts out on the table before we oil our rags and tie them to our spears, because there's a considerable amount of misinformation out there."
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I don't think Microsoft has nearly the pull on the entertainment industry you think it does. How badly would DVD sales really be affected if Microsoft disabled DVD playback in MS Windows? Would the entertainment really drop HDCP if Microsoft refused to allow HDCP media playback in Vista?
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2005-07-22
I want to know what all the environmentalists have to say about this. If people are actually going to want to watch this new stuff, there's going to be a huge number of monitors thrown away (admittedly the situation is already pretty bad in this respect, but it will get worse).
Yes, don't blame Microsoft for this. But, do consider that Microsoft are one of the few companies who have the might to refuse to accept this for the good of the consumers - but when has that ever mattered to them?