http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/ Engadget HD Comments for Not even Blu-ray's board of directors know how to spell Blu-Ray http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 9:27AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
At least, this is what I think, since I don't have my iPhone anymore.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:07AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
An em dash is the width of an "M" and and en dash is the width of an "N" -- see the names are the clue.

If you are going to correct someone, try to ensure that you are right. ;)]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:44AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:58AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
We need an Engadget Grammar site!

-Pie]]>Jun 23rd 2009 11:23AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
Then again, two minutes ago I had no idea there were three different types of dashes.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 11:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:11AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
The iPhone corrects iphone as iPhone so no reason for it to mis-correct Blu-ray.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
I went on the image showing that it's not correcting "Blu-Ray," it's correcting "Ray." With that in mind, try the term ** "X-ray" ** which is properly spelled with the "r" in lower case. You get the exact same thing!

Okay, okay none of us believe any of this. It's really just Steve Jobs imposing his grammatical will upon his minions.

-Pie]]>Jun 23rd 2009 11:47AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=74777]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:27AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:36AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:41AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 10:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 11:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
Mind you, suppose the format war had worked out the other way, imagine the fun Ben would have had posting about companies putting dashes between "HD" and "DVD"! ;-)]]>Jun 23rd 2009 5:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 11:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 23rd 2009 11:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
AFAIK they did not contribute to the media technology, but joined about a year or so after the BDA was formed.

-Pie]]>Jun 23rd 2009 11:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
I think Bluray would have been better myself. The another thing that confuses people is whhen they are called Blu-Ray DVD.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 12:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
Whereas the term Blu is not a word at all, though its pronounced Blue, but this isn't a term which would accidently be used and could be infringed upon, by the wording of copyright and trademark law just typing the term Blu-ray could constitute infringement of BDA's trademark and could receive legal action, this doesn't happen because in most cases its not worth their time and in many cases if BDA did file infringement charges they would be viewed as the bad guy in the matter and it would be more of a PR blunder than property protection.

Blu-ray DVD is technically not a legitimate term and is even frowned upon by BDA in some cases. DVD Forum has made it clear that any attempt to associate Blu-ray as being an upgrade to the standard DVD format will be handled in a manner which would affect BDA members who are all members of DVD Forum. When DVD Forum backed the format which became HD DVD (which is a format name not a description) Blu-ray became Blu-ray Disc which is the acceptable term adopted by BDA. This term is thrown around by people who don't know the format and are just trying to sell it.

Bluray is not acceptable in any standard, it is confusing and nearly unpronounceable and the pronunciation would come out sounding like blurry more than Blu-ray, that term comes about because people are just too lazy to type a "-" where needed.

Blu-ray vs Blu-Ray is a minor error and is less likely to cause problems than the above do, but still would fall under the trade mark even though it’s not Blu-Ray, but its close enough to infringe.
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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm]]>Jun 23rd 2009 1:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/
"Proper nouns
Brand names: Tide, Maytag, Chevrolet"

I'm pretty sure Blu-ray might fall into this category]]>Jun 23rd 2009 1:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 24th 2009 4:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/23/not-even-blu-rays-founders-know-how-to-spell-blu-ray/Jun 25th 2009 6:16PM