Re: Toshiba boss: Company not going Blu

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Published Feb 19, 2008 Toshiba CEO comments on possible Blu-ray products now that they have discontinued HD DVD.

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Falcon01

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 11:40 AM

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You will be able to get a used HD DVD player for years to come on places like Ebay, Amazon, Craigslist, etc. No need to worry.

Movielover316

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 11:42 AM

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Yeah seriously Falcon, go to Ebay and look up Laser disc player. Pretty good for a long dead format.

JServo

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 11:55 AM

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I'm sure, at least for the time being, Toshiba doesnt want to pay royality fees to the company it lost to. That, and they're probably already looking at some formats to beat Blu-Ray in the near future. Those two titans are WAY more in the trenches than MS vs Sony.

NutManIV

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 1:42 PM

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This actually makes a lot of sense. Intel, HP and Microsoft were all in cahoots from the beginning to make digital downloads the future. It's no surprise that Toshiba has decided to officially jump on board now that HD DVD is gone.

PerfectBlue

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 2:08 PM

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I would buy a second HD DVD player as a backup if the prices of the players fall in the range of $40-$60 which would be a small premium to pay for a backup. In the past, prices of HD DVD player have already hit the $99 mark. Therefore, it is possible to see clearance prices in the $40 to $60 range. This decision will also depend on how big your HD DVD collection is. It does not make sense to buy and extra player if you only have a couple of HD DVD titles. On the other hand it makes more sense if you have invested heavily on new HD DVD titles.

Falcon01

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 2:17 PM

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Perfectblue, I checked Craigslist in Toronto and there was an HD-A2 for $60 and another for $80. Even if I never purchased an HD DVD or bluray player I would most certainly buy one at that price.

I already have an HD-A2 and I'm in the market for an HD-XA2 which is still the best hidef player made so far for either format. I probably won't get a bluray player until this coming holiday season in the hopes that a few profile 2.0 players are out there and working without issues AND the prices of players have come down. If not I can wait.

I must say HD DVD has really spoiled me which is why I'll keep buying movies for a long time in the format.

sage2104

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 2:40 PM

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I just don't want to buy a blu-ray player and then find out it is out of date or whatever or that it needs to be 2.0 or heck even 3.0. I don't really know what I am talking about concerning this so bear with me. All I know is that HD DVD has firmware updates to update things like this and so does the PS3, but I wouldn't be caught dead with the PS3. As for HD DVD with some people, X360 has spoiled me. IMO, It is the world's greatest gaming console ever made with the best games. Why would I pay double the price for a lesser console in the PS3?

I want to make sure that the BR player I buy will be able to play all BR movies, not just certain ones and like I said PS3 is not an option. I wouldn't consider buying that until it goes down to $ 200 or less. I am THAT happy with X360. Meanwhile if my 360 broke, I'd gladly buy a second one. (not right now, I am in a saving money thing, but at the end of the year. I think it could be good anyway, that way I could play system link.)

dguisinger

Feb 19, 2008 - CST 4:02 PM

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My guess from these comments are they are going to build a HD download box (kinda like Apple TV) but it will support interactive features via HDi. After all, MS is still their partner, they already wrote their software, they already have boxes that have the codec decompression, ethernet, and HDi software.....all they need to do is add a storefront and a hard disk drive. (The HD DVD drive might have even been an ATA style drive, just swap it for a HD). I'm sure they have stuff like this already in the labs as a backup if HD DVD failed in the market.

Why not? I mean, HDi was a very nice interactivity layer...I think this is where they are going.

ghostdancer

Feb 20, 2008 - CST 5:58 AM

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they won't cut there nose off to spite there face if they are clever they will adopt the old saying if you can't beat them join them what i think they should do is bring out a REGION FREE BLU-RAY PLAYER this year and steal some of the market back