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Ding, Dong, HD-DVD is dead
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| quote: | TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is planning to stop production of equipment compatible with the HD DVD format for high-definition video, allowing the competing Blu-Ray camp a free run, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.
Toshiba is expected to suffer losses amounting to tens of billions of yen (hundreds of millions of dollars) to scrap production of HD DVD players and recorders and other steps to exit the business, Japan's NHK said on its website.
No one at Toshiba could be reached for comment.
The format war between the Toshiba-backed HD DVD and Sony Corp's Blu-Ray, often compared to the Betamax-VHS battle in the 1980s, has slowed the development of what is expected to be a multibillion dollar high-definition DVD industry.
Toshiba was dealt a blow on Friday when Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would abandon the HD DVD format, becoming the latest in a series of top retailers and movie studios to rally behind Blu-ray technology for high definition DVDs.
Toshiba plans to continue selling HD DVD equipment at stores for the time being but will not put resources into developing new devices, NHK said. |
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| Ted Promo |
| Wow, what a curveball. |
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| DJ Juno |
| Yeah.. really glad I purchased the HD-DVD player for my 360 now. Live and learn I guess. Microsoft has implied that they'll look into giving 360 users a way to play BluRay. I'm just sick of these VHS-Beta wars. |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Juno
Yeah.. really glad I purchased the HD-DVD player for my 360 now. Live and learn I guess. |
You knew what this was. |
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| bas |
| That was fast. And all this time I thought HD-DVD was actually proven to be superior. Good thing I found this out before I bought the HD-DVD player for my 360. Sucks to be you dude lol |
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| L.E.N. |
| Perfect....I was waiting on who would win this battle before buying into a format. Gives me a reason to get a PS3 I suppose. |
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| DJ Juno |
| I don't regret buying it.. cause when I did.. I also bought "The Chronicals of Ridick".. looks amazing.. among the other movie I've purchased.. but ya know.. whatev.. I'll just buy one of those combo units that do HD-DVD and BluRay |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Juno
I don't regret buying it.. cause when I did.. I also bought "The Chronicals of Ridick".. looks amazing.. among the other movie I've purchased.. but ya know.. whatev.. I'll just buy one of those combo units that do HD-DVD and BluRay |
laser disks still make bitchin' frisbees. |
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| L.E.N. |
| Look at it this way...HD DVDs will drop in price and you can clean up on what titles they did have. Ive seen deals on them like 2 for $20 once or twice. |
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| DJ Juno |
| And as for PS3....garbage in my opinion. The only thing it has on xbox is the fact that it has 3 gen's of game titles. But xboxs graphics and the setup they have with Live.. untouchable. But whatever floats your boat :p |
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| Zeiter |
| yes!!! ill just wait for the new blu ray "format" to be released to buy a player!! |
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