PurSuiT Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 HD-DVD confirmed dead Company sources at Toshiba said it is mulling three main options. Option One: Stop selling recorders and specialise in players. Option two: withdraw from the Japanese and US markets and march on Europe, where sales are stronger. Option Three: retreat completely from the next-generation DVD business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPoets Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 option four... tweak their systems to create blu-ray players instead and pay sony their cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 option four... tweak their systems to create blu-ray players instead and pay sony their cut. HD-DVD Disc's are about 2/3 cheaper to produce then Blu Ray Disc's. The only person that is going to have the cost past on to them is the consumer once Sony has the Monoply engine going. All the major movie studio's are still producing HD-DVD just not in the US anymore. So I bet Toshiba goes for Europe, Russia, South America and China markets where ppl actully care about the cost of things and just lets Sony take Japan and the US where the more it cost the better it must be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Toshiba quits HD DVD 'format war' "Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format. Toshiba said it made the decision to cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD DVDs after "recent major changes in the market." It promised to continue offering support and service for all existing Toshiba HD DVD products. "We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," Toshiba President and Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida said in a news release." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Oh well it is not like I buy movies in any format anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckett Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Anyone want to come over and watch Excalibur on my BetaMax?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Anyone want to come over and watch Excalibur on my BetaMax?! Sorry dude I am busy listening to Pink Floyd The Wall on Quadraphonic Reel to Reel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I am all in if you can line up the music with the 3rd lion roar on the Wizard of Oz laser disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPoets Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 The war was over when I bought my Blu-ray. I declaired the winner at that time. The Trash heap has spoken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 The war was over when I bought my Blu-ray. I declaired the winner at that time. The Trash heap has spoken! Hehe, nice DaPoets! Convert Your HD DVDs to Blu-Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Retailers Launch HD DVD Fire Sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Duke on HD-DVD "So as Duke’s little going away present to the HD-DVD format, we decided to toss the small audio clip out there. You can download it here." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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