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Toshiba denies it is dropping HD DVD
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article published on 18 February, 2008
Despite rampant speculation and rumor, it seems that Toshiba is not dropping HD DVD, or at least not for the time being.
The corporation has released a brief press release this morning in an effort to put a damper on the rumors that have been spreading since the giant retailer Wal-Mart decided to go Blu-ray exclusive beginning in June.
"The media reported that Toshiba will discontinue ... [ read the full article ]
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18. February 2008 @ 16:38 |
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Give it up already. The retailers made their decision. The consumers made their decision. HD DVD is a viable format yes, but in the end Blu Ray has a better longevity due to its larger volume. Dvd proved this with going from single layer to dual layer in a short time period.
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18. February 2008 @ 16:39 |
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This is just PR for them to sell off the rest of their players. If they "officially" dropped HD-DVD right now then no one would buy all of the players sitting on shelves right now and Toshiba would lose even more money than they are right now.
Also I was watching the news today and all major media outlets (Fox, CNN, MSNBC) are reporting that Toshiba has dropped the format and telling consumers to buy Blu-Ray. Face it, it's over.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:00 |
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Originally posted by ZeusAV:
This is just PR for them to sell off the rest of their players. If they "officially" dropped HD-DVD right now then no one would buy all of the players sitting on shelves right now and Toshiba would lose even more money than they are right now.
Also I was watching the news today and all major media outlets (Fox, CNN, MSNBC) are reporting that Toshiba has dropped the format and telling consumers to buy Blu-Ray. Face it, it's over.
Good point......and very likely.
It's also possible that this was a b.s. rumour to begin with. Who knows.
I'm inclined to think that your initial response is most likely.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:01 |
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In ur face blu-ray. Comebacks are always a good thing. I'm sure hughjars will be chuffed
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18. February 2008 @ 17:05 |
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Now would be a good time to invest is Sony stock.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:05 |
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Now would be a good time to invest in Sony stock.
(sorry, accidental double post) ><
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18. February 2008 @ 17:09 |
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I bet they need more time to go over their exit strategy with everyone involved :P
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18. February 2008 @ 17:23 |
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the consumers did not make this decision, Corporate America made it for you.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:26 |
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well i made this decision and i would consider myself a consumer, im sure same with all of the other Blu-ray supporters here.
Peace
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18. February 2008 @ 17:27 |
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Originally posted by res2cue:
the consumers did not make this decision, Corporate America made it for you.
Yes of course. In fact, "Corporate America" sent me a letter just yesterday about why I should buy a Blu-Ray player over HD-DVD.
WTF??
I'm pretty sure whatever I do is my decision, as it is my head and my money after all...
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18. February 2008 @ 17:31 |
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Originally posted by UkWizard:
In ur face blu-ray. Comebacks are always a good thing. I'm sure hughjars will be chuffed
Comebacks? Barely any of the studios are on there side, oh yeah and they're pretty much screwed for selling them besides off the Internet now. Jesus know how to accept defeat already cripes.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:45 |
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Where's hughjars?
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18. February 2008 @ 17:49 |
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Originally posted by limelight:
Give it up already. The retailers made their decision. The consumers made their decision.
I don't know why people always say this. Yes retailers made up their minds to stock only one format, or shall I say "push" one format but, consumers never had a say in this, which is sad. The big studios made their decision and in turn, this made up the consumers "decision" on which format to back.
Toshiba denies they are dropping HD DVD, of course they are going to say that, duh! That doesn't matter anymore, by now people should see which format is going to take this, regardless of what Toshiba says.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:49 |
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Doesn't really matter... the damage has been done with all the news and headlines. Not to many will buy into HD-DVD after seeing all of that.
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18. February 2008 @ 17:56 |
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18. February 2008 @ 18:01 |
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Who cares if corporate America made the decision or not. Does it really matter? It's not like they are deciding if your family should live or not.
This high def war has been fun, but i'm ready for it to end. Give it up HD DVD.
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18. February 2008 @ 18:17 |
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of course they are denying that they are dropping hd dvd.they have a lot of stock to flog.any of you old enough to remember vhs versus betamax know that the denials were flying then too.
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18. February 2008 @ 18:52 |
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Wrong! If any of you bothered to read any of the articles pronoucing hd-dvd demise,they all had one thing in common it was a from a "reliable source",not an official toshiba announcement unless someone can point me to a link where toshiba did admit defeat & were pulling it from shelves etc,then again saying that i'd say hd-dvd is gooooooooone..lol..
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18. February 2008 @ 19:16 |
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how many knifes do they have to put into HD DVDs heart to make toshiba understand its dead!!!!!
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18. February 2008 @ 21:25 |
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Anyone remember the betamax? that beast live for 10 years after it was declared dead. Eventually people stop buying them, but it died a slow painful death.
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18. February 2008 @ 21:56 |
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18. February 2008 @ 22:36 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by limelight:
Give it up already. The retailers made their decision. The consumers made their decision.
I don't know why people always say this. Yes retailers made up their minds to stock only one format, or shall I say "push" one format but, consumers never had a say in this, which is sad. The big studios made their decision and in turn, this made up the consumers "decision" on which format to back.
Toshiba denies they are dropping HD DVD, of course they are going to say that, duh! That doesn't matter anymore, by now people should see which format is going to take this, regardless of what Toshiba says.
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I say this because one format is obviously selling better than the other. So much so that it doesnt make sense to stock the "losing" format because the low profits/shelf space arent worth it for retailers.
Let me ask you this: HDdvd is a great format, but what about when videogames for example, start to get bigger and bigger in size? HD-dvd may be suitable now, but in 5 years from now it will be established, have a load of movies out, and then there would be another format coming out. Dont you think so? Blu-ray bypasses all that, giving developers almost 50gb to work with for both videogames and movies from the get go.
Another thing is, you can only compress so much data on a dvd. While it was cost efficient for Microsoft in the short term, pretty soon the magic white box may be hindered by a lack of data storage more and more games demand nowadays. Look at Mass Effect. When I played that, I noticed textures popping in and out as I went through the world, with frame drops to boot. Simply because either bad programming, (which I dont think is the reason at all), or too much data compressed on the disc, and the 360 cant uncompress all those textures fast enough to provide a smooth experience. In a year or two when the ps3 starts to show some graphics heavy games, the 360 cant compete. Which means youll have to fork out another $400 for another system when the ps3 already does it. Sony was bashed about saying the ps3 has a "10 year life cycle", but it makes complete sense: Give the consumer tommorrows technology today, and it will still prove to be a good investment years and years from now.
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19. February 2008 @ 00:48 |
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This Battle reminds me of Monty Pythons Battle between the White Knight and the Black Night. After the Black Knight had both of his arms and legs chopped off, He was yelling at the White Knight to come back and Fight!
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