Gateway neutral on Blu-ray debate

Iria · Oct 9, 2005, 11:36 PM

Despite the intensifying debate between Blu-ray and HD DVD technologies, Gateway is retaining quite the Zen posture.

Perhaps it's the rolling green hills around the I-405 near the Irvine, Calif.-based PC maker's headquarters that allows it to rise above the din of format war between Toshiba, Intel, and Microsoft on one side and just about everybody else on the other side.

When asked to clarify its position, John Schindler, who heads Gateway's convergence and product planning said that the company has not confirmed its plans to support either format.

"Even though Gateway's nemeses Dell and Hewlett-Packard publicly came out in support of Blu-ray earlier this month?"

"Why yes, we're not commenting on what position we are taking," came the reply.
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Oct 9, 2005, 11:36 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Gateway neutral on Blu-ray debate Despite the intensifying debate between Blu-ray and HD DVD technologies, Gateway is retaining quite the Zen posture. Perhaps it's the rolling green hills around the I-405 near the Irvine, Calif.-based PC maker's headquarters that allows it to rise above the din of format war between Toshiba, Intel, and Microsoft on one side and just about everybody else on the other side. When asked to clarify its position, John Schindler, who heads Gateway's convergence and product planning said that the company has not confirmed its plans to support either format. "Even though Gateway's nemeses Dell and Hewlett-Packard publicly came out in support of Blu-ray earlier this month?" "Why yes, we're not commenting on what position we are taking," came the reply. _________ Read More / Source: Personal Computers Blog (News.com)