Philips: Microsoft's backing DVD+RW
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Consumer-electronics maker Philips Electronics announced Monday that Microsoft will be giving the nod to a rewritable DVD format that Philips supports. As previously reported, Microsoft will demonstrate software this week at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference that will support the DVD+RW format in its next version of Windows. The software giant will make an announcement at the conference regarding its DVD+RW efforts, according to Monday's release from Philips.
Microsoft's endorsement of the DVD+RW format could prove important in determining a winner in a long-running standards battle for one DVD-rewritable format. The move could encourage more PC manufacturers to incorporate DVD+RW drives into their systems, as operating system support makes adding a drive go more smoothly, said Dean Sanderson, a Hewlett-Packard marketing manager.