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Today we have a special guest on our podcast, Andy Parsons, Senior Vice President, Advanced Product Development, Pioneer Electronics and Spokesperson for the Blu-ray Disc Association.

Andy Parsons has worked in the optical disc industry for nearly 25 years. He has held technical and senior management positions at Pioneer, Optical Disc Corporation and Discovision Associates. His experience with optical products began with the early days of Laserdisc, and has progressed through the CD, DVD, and now Blu-ray Disc formats. Andy is currently senior vice president of advanced product development for Pioneer Electronics (USA), headquartered in Long Beach, California.

 

We invited Andy to come on our show and provide a Blu Ray response to the six reasons Microsoft and Intel gave for backing the HD-DVD next generation DVD format. The six reasons are (from Tom's Hardware Guide):

1. The ability for a consumer to make authorized copies of a legally obtained disc.
2. Support for hybrid discs that can be read in both current  and future players
3. Low production costs
4. Low disc replication costs
5. Disc storage capacity
6. Interactivity standards