Re: Toshiba Deploys New HD DVD Marketing campaign

LOL - Toshiba's last ditch effort to save their dead format. So funny.

If Toshiba had any class, they would congratulate Blu-ray, and start supporting the format that has superior specifications, support, and sales.

But instead, Toshiba is liquidating the remaining of their obsolete players.

Blu-ray has won, if you think differently you are simply living in denial.

funstuff,

Do we really need this kind of childish harassment from you? Even when your side is ahead, you can't stop rubbing it in? Most of us are adults here. We don't need the grief.

John

It seems the blue ray fanboys make statements as arrogant as sony's. match made in heaven.

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might even make Michael Bay cry.

I would love that

Come on Toshiba, do it for me, I have a 360 add on and over 10 movies, you guys owe me!!!

I want a HDXA2, but not at $600 bucks. If I can grab one at let's say around $300. I'll be purple.

I don't think this is anything to get all that excited about, since it's a totally expected move that both Sony and Warner more than likely calculated into their decision. It's really the only move Toshiba had left. I'm not ready to call the format war "over," but the sales numbers will have to be pretty impressive to actually raise any eyebrows and make this look like anything more than a fire sale.

I never will expect HDDVD to win the HD competition, but I support HDDVD because they'll force the Bluray camp to make their players & movies more affordable.

Tony wrote:

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I want a HDXA2, but not at $600 bucks. If I can grab one at let's say around $300. I'll be purple

Tony I almost scored an HD XA2 for "asking" $400 on craigslist with 4 HD DVD movies. So close but I'll keep checking craigslist and ebay.

I forgot to mention this was only 2 days ago. Apparently the seller changed his mind.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jan 14, 2008]

To all of you HD-DVD fans out there I feel your pain. I've owned several HD-DVD players and Blu-ray players for more than 1 1/2 years now. I've always purchased movies on HD-DVD when given an option. I feel that the players worked much better with fewer issues or gliches when playing a disc. I own more than 200 HD movies with about a 65/35 split in favor of HD-DVD. The picture and sound are awesome on both formats. That being said the end is here. Blu-ray has all the momentum and I don't see HD-DVD hanging on for that much longer. All of the people sitting on the fence are starting to buy Blu-ray. The sooner this format war is over the better it will be for everyone wanting films in HD. We all just need to get along, play nice and enjoy our HD movies, no matter the format.

Sony and Blu-Ray winning "the war" is not good for the consumer, and anyone who thinks so is incredibly naive. Sony winning outright means higher prices, and less urgency in fixing all of their hardware and software issues, because, if you don't like it, so what? What are you going to do about it? What everyone's goal should be is for both formats to co-exist, much like X-box, PS, and Wii do now. If all or most studios were format-neutral, people could choose their format based on the company they trust, and maybe based on the gaming system they own. I am an HD DVD supporter, and would love to see a comeback, but in the end, I would just love to see everything available to everyone who wants it.