{"id":86650,"date":"1999-12-31T00:20:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/microsoft-sides-with-hd-dvd\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:20:00","slug":"microsoft-sides-with-hd-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/microsoft-sides-with-hd-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Sides With HD DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With hopes of a unified high definition DVD format all but dashed, Microsoft has finally fallen off the fence.<\/p>\n<p><p>The company announced an agreement with Toshiba to share hardware and software technologies between the two companies. Key to the announcement is an agreement to &#8220;investigate&#8221; the development of HD DVD players using Microsoft Windows CE.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The companies also plan to strengthen their collaboration on iHD, the DVD Forum&#8217;s latest interactivity format.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Though the two companies signed an intellectual property cross-licensing agreement back in April this latest announcement is the clearest indication that Microsoft is siding with the HD DVD format for next generation DVD. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The commitment to HD DVD could see its introduction in Microsoft&#8217;s next generation Xbox offering due to be released in the <st1_country-region>US later this year. 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