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Adobe chooses Blu-ray compatibility
Mark Sutton Sep 24 2007, 10:52am
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Leading consumer video editing software will not support HD DVD
The latest instalment of Adobe's Premiere Elements package – Version 6, will support the Blu-ray format exclusively, further strengthening Sony's format's battle against HD DVD.
Anonymous industry insiders have told tech website, Pocket Lint that they believe the pressure from Sony has helped Adobe decision to exclude the HD DVD format.
"Adobe works closely with Sony. Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements are shipped as standard with Sony Vaio PCs," one source told the website.
The HD DVD camp, however, has gained ground with Toshiba and Acer alike, choosing to install HD DVD drives in newer laptop models rather than Blu-ray.
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“Mr”
Posted by: White - Sep 24, 11:36am
well thats great Sony thankyou very much, I won't be buying ~Abode products anytime soon then!
“Hogwash”
Posted by: Md. Fuad Zain - Sep 24, 12:41pm
HD-DVD burners are not prevalent nor are the media reliable. Standard 3.5" HD-DVD burners are hard to find. Media is limited to up to 30GB and that is not RW.
BD burners come from many different manufacturers and media manufacturers. Both 25GB and 50GB are available as R and RW formats. The 8cm disc is also in the works for HD camcorders.
It's just a given that Adobe adopts the industry leader in next gen optical disc media.
“Acer”
Posted by: Marcel - Sep 24, 1:13pm
FYI, Acer already supported BD back in 2006 when it released notebook with Blu-ray.
Good move from Adobe.
VIVA BD!!!
“Re: Acer”
Posted by: Scott - Sep 24, 3:20pm
Who are these "sources" that PC Retail is finding that won't let themselve be named? Please try to get your facts straight when not hiding behind anonymous "sources"; Toshiba created HD DVD, so how could the format "pick up support" from the? Did Blu-ray "pick up support" from Sony???
Oh, and Acer is neutral, putting drives of both formats in their laptops. In fact, they just switched from HD DVD-only to neutral, so if anything it was Blu-ray who "picked up support".
Is this what passes for jouornalism these days?
“True-Blu”
Posted by: Mr Pumblechook - Sep 24, 5:05pm
Premiere Elements, is the home user version of Adobe's video editing program.
More significant is that Adobe Premiere, the full semi-pro program supports Blu-ray, but doesnt support hd-dvd at all.