Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ BearItAll ] on Tuesday 08 May 2007 08:29 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Pachter: PS3 Will Win Via Blu-Ray
>>>
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>>
> http://kotaku.com/gaming/the-pachter-factor/pachter-ps3-will-win-via-blu+ray-258309.php
>>>
>>
>> That wouldn't really be a reason for Xbox360 fall further into the
>> doldrums. The Xbox can link to users computers, so they only would need the
>> one blu-ray device. Alternatively, if I remember right the xbox360 had a
>> USB connector, I suspect a lot of first time buyers of blu-ray will go for
>> an external device anyway.
>>
>> Thinks: It just crossed my mind that a firewire connector might be needed
>> for blu-ray rather than USB, I should think that unless the device was
>> given a huge system buffer USB may not be able to keep up.
>
> Microsoft said it would support Blut-ray if this media type won the so-called
> 'race' or 'war'.
>
A huge system buffer cannot make up for insufficient bandwidth, though.
At least, not unless you do the download /before/ you watch anything,
but this is not streaming, this is, well, a forward/store and then watch
model, which is not the same.
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