Re: Toshiba boss: Company not going Blu

That's quite alright. The Blu-ray side of the high-def business is already crowded as it is with all those great CE companies, so whether or not Toshiba joins is a moot point. There is enough competition already with or without Toshiba joining the fold.

Henning quoted from today's WSJournal, but overlooked mentioning this info...

Quote:
"Analysts speculate that Toshiba might eventually buy Blu-ray disc drives from another manufacturer to install in its computers, which is a big business for the company."

Seems logical. You can bet others will be doing the same (HP, Apple, etc, joing Sony who already has a few Vaio laptops offering Blu-ray drives).

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

I think some time people forget that High def, was a very small part of Toshiba's overall business strategy. They don't HAVE to get into the Blu-Ray player making business right now and can always go back to it once it becomes cheaper to do so.

"If you look at it from a purely technical side, HD DVD was perhaps slightly superior compared with Blu-ray," said Checchia.


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080219/technology/entertainment
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[Post edited by motogp34 on Feb 19, 2008]

Very true Movielover316... Toshiba makes many products, like semiconductor chips (etc), flat panel HDTVs, computers, DVD players and home theater systems etc. They are one of the largest Japanese electronics companies. They've spent less on their investment in HD-DVD, than Sony has with Blu-ray (and the PS3).

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

I think the funniest thing, is Toshiba makes the cell processor used in the PS3.

Here is a question. Will HD DVD movies be cheaper now than Blu-Ray movies. For instance, I own two of the 5 Harry Potter movies on HD DVD. They are also on BR (they would of course go BR any day now anyway) wouldn't the HD DVD versions be cheaper than the BR versions now. I think this would be a huge plus for anyone who chose HD DVD's side, especially ones with the X360 add-on who got it cheaper. I wasn't planning on buying any DVDs (HD or Blu-Ray) until late this year or next year, but if the price will go down and the since the quality and content is uncomparable I might just pick of remaining HD DVDs. This is absolutely great!

Yeah, I really hop the price of HD DVD discs drop dramatically. I adopted HD DVD a long time ago, and I am hoping to get a full collection of HD DVD's before they are completely done being made!!
hopefully we will soon be able to get HD DVD's for 10-15 bucks!

10-15 hddvds are already around

Keep in mind that once your HD DVD machine breaks down you may lose the ability to play your HD DVD disc because, you will not be able to replace your HD DVD player in the future. I would buy an extra HD DVD player from eBay just in case as a backup, now that the prices will probably drop a lot more.