In the latest Widescreen Review newsletter Managing Editor Danny Richelieu and Editor-In-Chief/Publisher Gary Reber, recap a recent phone conversation with WSR Contributing Editor Joe Kane. Many of you no doubt will remember some of the controversy Mr. Kane incited surrounding his interview with CineNow but much of what was discussed in the WSR phone interview was new and just as surprising. Before I get into that I want to make an observation about the length WSR went to acknowledge Mr. Kane's involvement with Microsoft as a "consultant for Microsoft with their Windows Media Video codec, which is what VC-1 is based on, but he is not paid by Microsoft to promote the codec." Interestingly enough Joe doesn't even pick HD DVD as the winner in the format war, he bestows that honor to "Internet delivery". I think it's just an important to note that Joe worked with Samsung on their...
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08-15-06, 02:52 AM
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