Blu-ray Wins.............bye HD-DVD
02-19-2008, 05:34 AM
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Blu-ray Wins.............bye HD-DVD
TOKYO - 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.
Nishida said last month's decision by Warner Bros. Entertainment to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format made the move inevitable.
"That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win."
"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.
Nishida said last month's decision by Warner Bros. Entertainment to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format made the move inevitable.
"That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win."
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02-19-2008, 05:39 AM
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I'm waiting for the HD DVD pricing fall out. I really want to get about 10 to 15 movies and call it a night with the machine.
I did purchase The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked up ($20 total). I'm looking for:
Matrix Trilogy
Old School
Anchorman
Blades of Glory
and some other stuff I can't remember right now. :thinking:
I did purchase The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked up ($20 total). I'm looking for:
Matrix Trilogy
Old School
Anchorman
Blades of Glory
and some other stuff I can't remember right now. :thinking:
02-19-2008, 05:44 AM
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02-19-2008, 05:48 AM
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Hmmm. Am I retarded for not liking movies?
I even dragged bigtime on Transformers and still haven't seen things like:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Spider-Man
300
Bourn (insert something here)
(anything that won an award)
I even dragged bigtime on Transformers and still haven't seen things like:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Spider-Man
300
Bourn (insert something here)
(anything that won an award)
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02-19-2008, 05:51 AM
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Bourne Identity was badass (fight scenes)
Bourne Supremecy was ok (more emo)
Bourne Ultimatum got some of the badassedness back (fight scenes)
Bourne Supremecy was ok (more emo)
Bourne Ultimatum got some of the badassedness back (fight scenes)