The chairman of the Blu-ray camp has slammed a thought from Bill Gates that high definition content generally isn't really something that people want, insisting that Blu-ray does actually have a bright future ahead of it. He states that Microsoft's claims that no one wants HD content is just a marketing spin and wishes people the best of luck in trying to download a 25GB movie over the internet.

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"Microsoft is very bad at making predictions and I think that you can only judge that if the consumer truly has a choice in making use of that application. For standard definition the concept is now slowly coming alive. But high definition is six times more information in the video alone. That's not including the HD 7.1 audio.

"So to download a movie of 25GB over the internet I wish the consumer a lot of success today and hopefully the day after you might have all the content in one form. But with Blu-ray you can buy it all in one go and it's top quality at an affordable price."