So.. Toshiba..

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Press Release: Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses | High-Def Digest

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Blu-ray Backers Respond to Toshiba Announcement | High-Def Digest

[Aldaris]

Ps3 Ftl!

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sorry..dont mean to just post articles.. but i've kept up with a lot of transition within the hd war..and this sony backing hddvd is not something i've ever come across..

[taz1328]

It doesn't make sense for sony to back up hd dvd. There are only a limited numer of movies out on hd dvd and toshiba isn't going to be making any more. Sony wouldn't spend money on supporting a dead format.

[emopains]

Originally Posted by taz1328

It doesn't make sense for sony to back up hd dvd. There are only a limited numer of movies out on hd dvd and toshiba isn't going to be making any more. Sony wouldn't spend money on supporting a dead format.

Sony isn't going to help them manufacture discs. Their drives will just be able to read the encoding of the hd-dvd

[maximus20895]

I knew this would happen all along...

[Toxis]

Originally Posted by emopains

Sony isn't going to help them manufacture discs. Their drives will just be able to read the encoding of the hd-dvd

You work for Best Buy huh? Only those morons would honestly say something like this. If you really knew Sony and how that company thinks, there's no way you'd believe they'd add HD-DVD capabilities to their player. Sony has a "Follow us or **** off" kind of mentality so there's a better chance of finding a BluRay/BetaMax combo player before BD/HD DVD. Better yet, just stop talking.

[rkalloo]

agreed, btw if i was sony, i would tell all the other companies that signed exlusively hddvd to **** the **** off and then they cant get no hi-def content on the market!! muhahaha

[emopains]

Originally Posted by Toxis

You work for Best Buy huh? Only those morons would honestly say something like this. If you really knew Sony and how that company thinks, there's no way you'd believe they'd add HD-DVD capabilities to their player. Sony has a "Follow us or **** off" kind of mentality so there's a better chance of finding a BluRay/BetaMax combo player before BD/HD DVD. Better yet, just stop talking.

First of all, I don't work for best buy. Most those guys don't know squat about electronics and work for a weak hourly wage. Also I'd like to say, you don't know what sony has the capability of. I wouldn't second guess it either. The first time a sony rep presented the intro to the ultra hi-def content I was in awe not only to the revolution in video playback but also the fact that he was presenting with a toshiba projector.
Sony does it because they can. Why does sony make batteries for just about every manufacture up to their exact specification? Why do they make cds for the crappiest manufacture GQ and lets not forget about microsoft or fujitsu? A big part of sony yet a competitor, yet very supportive.

[DNieves]

I found Tigerdirect selling HD-DVD and 7 free HD discs for $89, sounds like a good idea if you're interested in a cheap upconverting DVD with HDMI (upconverts SD-DVD to 1080i). Seems Warner Brothers support V-TEC'd Blu Ray to the finish line.

[DNieves]

Originally Posted by rkalloo

agreed, btw if i was sony, i would tell all the other companies that signed exlusively hddvd to **** the **** off and then they cant get no hi-def content on the market!! muhahaha

Sony can't be spiteful like that because the idea is to make every movie available on Blu Ray otherwise standard def DVD will never fade away. Blu Ray has a long way to catch up to DVD, how many people are going to consider buying their libraries over again in the new format when you're usually offered only better audio & visuals at a substantially higher price (or the same old extra content in SD). As long as movie catalogs are plentiful people will need to purchase the hardware to play them on.

I wonder how long is Blu Ray going to last since the next level is to "rent" instead of owning the media and it's packaging?

[HTX]

Originally Posted by DNieves

Sony can't be spiteful like that because the idea is to make every movie available on Blu Ray otherwise standard def DVD will never fade away. Blu Ray has a long way to catch up to DVD, how many people are going to consider buying their libraries over again in the new format when you're usually offered only better audio & visuals at a substantially higher price (or the same old extra content in SD). As long as movie catalogs are plentiful people will need to purchase the hardware to play them on.

I wonder how long is Blu Ray going to last since the next level is to "rent" instead of owning the media and it's packaging?

yeah i dont buy blu rays at all i just rent them. F*ck $30 for a movie..

i wish they would hurry up and get "the big leboswki" on blu ray... that was one of them hd dvd only things. oh and transformers also

[Toxis]

Originally Posted by emopains

First of all, I don't work for best buy. Most those guys don't know squat about electronics and work for a weak hourly wage. Also I'd like to say, you don't know what sony has the capability of. I wouldn't second guess it either. The first time a sony rep presented the intro to the ultra hi-def content I was in awe not only to the revolution in video playback but also the fact that he was presenting with a toshiba projector.
Sony does it because they can. Why does sony make batteries for just about every manufacture up to their exact specification? Why do they make cds for the crappiest manufacture GQ and lets not forget about microsoft or fujitsu? A big part of sony yet a competitor, yet very supportive.

Where does your experience come from then? You sound like a CC or BB person. Probably a manager going by the arrogance and lack of knowledge. So I don't know what Sony's capable of? I've only been selling their product for a decade now, what's that mean? Your infinite knowledge at age 20 knows something I don't? Please, don't just make comments without anything to back it up. I heard Sony has just released their new HD DVD and BetaMax combo player... you don't know. hahaha I also heard their plasmas leak gas and need to be recharged via the HDMI port and can cause prostate cancer. Right? Right?

[DNieves]

Originally Posted by HTX

yeah i dont buy blu rays at all i just rent them. F*ck $30 for a movie..

i wish they would hurry up and get "the big leboswki" on blu ray... that was one of them hd dvd only things. oh and transformers also

Now that there's one deifnitive HD disc format you should start seeing the prices go down just like they did with DVD and once they stopped selling VHS movies at $80 each (in the eighties before Beverly Hills Cop).

[aodmisery]

i read that certain stores are now labeling their hd dvd players as dvd players that upconvert movies to hd.

[emopains]

Originally Posted by Toxis

Where does your experience come from then? You sound like a CC or BB person. Probably a manager going by the arrogance and lack of knowledge. So I don't know what Sony's capable of? I've only been selling their product for a decade now, what's that mean? Your infinite knowledge at age 20 knows something I don't? Please, don't just make comments without anything to back it up. I heard Sony has just released their new HD DVD and BetaMax combo player... you don't know. hahaha I also heard their plasmas leak gas and need to be recharged via the HDMI port and can cause prostate cancer. Right? Right?

So because you are older and work at best buy all of a sudden you know more than me about a product that has nothing to do with a decade of experience. What a retarded statement. Proves you really can't teach an old dog new tricks.

[fox]

i'm glad blu ray won, it is superior in terms of capacity and there for. more hi defs. sony sold toshiba a plant that makes the cell chip for the ps3, since after all it was toshiba, sony and IBM who created the cell processor. they sold it for $835mil. so they are now buddies again!
kiss and make up.
ps. ibm usually always wins, they are a fantastic company.

[emopains]

Originally Posted by fox

i'm glad blu ray won, it is superior in terms of capacity and there for. more hi defs. sony sold toshiba a plant that makes the cell chip for the ps3, since after all it was toshiba, sony and IBM who created the cell processor. they sold it for $835mil. so they are now buddies again!
kiss and make up.
ps. ibm usually always wins, they are a fantastic company.

Lenovo owns departments of ibm

[fox]

i understand, but most things involving ibm, in my experience, seem to be underdog winners.
besides, they will sell computers with linux on them from the factory. which i think is a great move and killer blow to microsoft.
SUCK ON THAT VISTA