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HD-DVD Quits, Blu-Ray Wins
Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.
"We concluded that a swift decision would be best," Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at his company's Tokyo offices.
The move would make Blu-ray — backed by Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, and five major Hollywood movie studios — the winner in the battle over high-definition DVD formatting that began several years ago.
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What do you all think about this? I figured HD-DVD would win out after the failure Sony experienced with previous video formats (i.e. Beta-Max and UMD). Does anyone have an HD-DVD currently and will this seriously effect how you will by next-gen movies in the future? |
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02-19-2008, 11:46 AM
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It is a bad thing for Toshiba, one because some people cannot afford the hi-price Blue rays.
The decision to me, was a bad one, but they might have more to it than just the sells and the concern of those who are "less fortunate" than others.
Well anyways, I think it is a bad idea.
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02-24-2008, 06:25 PM
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I am glad that Blu-ray won. Even though HD-dvd was cheaper it was limited. Blu-ray will be able to advance with the movie industry to definitions better than 1080i/p because of the amount of memory on the disk. The prices for Blu-ray will go down. New technology is always expensive but the prices drop eventually.
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02-26-2008, 11:07 AM
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This is America, no one cares about the less fortunate, the super rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Blu Ray FTW anyway!
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02-26-2008, 11:37 AM
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i don't won either one. and i probably won't get one.. my family only got a DVD palyer 2 years ago O.O
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ok, im not gonna lie, when i saw ziffie i kinda just fainted, so....beuatiful....marry me plz lol.
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LOL Cissnei, that was the ULTIMATE comment 
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02-26-2008, 11:42 AM
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Lmfao, my family got it like 5 years ago, when it came out.
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02-26-2008, 01:00 PM
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Lmfao, my family got it like 5 years ago, when it came out.
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Five years? Try thirteen years. DVD became the standard in 1995. |
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02-26-2008, 01:40 PM
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lol 2 years xD i am 11 years late :P
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ok, im not gonna lie, when i saw ziffie i kinda just fainted, so....beuatiful....marry me plz lol.
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LOL Cissnei, that was the ULTIMATE comment
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02-26-2008, 02:02 PM
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Five years? Try thirteen years. DVD became the standard in 1995.
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WHOA! Calm down, Im not some freak who remembers dates of when platforms became standard:glare: I just took a wild guess...
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SURE!!!! lol your just mad you were wrong xD your intelegence is < then his xD
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