Arcsoft Weighs In On Toshiba’s Announcement

I emailed Arcsoft this morning and asked how Tohsiba’s announcement would affect their future product development plans. Michael Downs, VP of Marketing had this to say:

"We are extremely happy with the resolution of competing
standards for high definition optical discs.

Consumers were understandably confused and cautious –
delaying mass adoption of either format.

Supporting both formats in a player was very difficult.
ArcSoft is one of two or three software companies in the world to ship a
software player supporting both formats. Now we can concentrate all our effort
on Blu-ray. This will significantly speed development and updates for our
customers."

This is very positive news for the development of high def disc playback on HTPCs. We look forward to future updates.