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BlueBerryNinja


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HD-DVD IS DEAD! woot!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142600-c,dvdtechnology/article.html

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Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD products, it said Tuesday, handing victory to rival high definition disc format Blu-ray Disc.

The company will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.

It will reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail markets and aims to cease the businesses altogether by the end of March.

But the Japanese electronics giant pledged to provide full product support and after-sales service for owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.

Recent changes in the market prompted the decision, Toshiba said. Early this year, Warner Bros. said it would stop issuing movies on HD DVD in the coming months and rely exclusively on Blu-ray Disc. The Hollywood studio was one of three major studios remaining in the HD DVD camp, and its defection created widespread belief that the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc was now over.

More recently, major U.S. retail chain Wal-Mart announced it would phase out the sale of HD DVD products, moving to exclusivity with Blu-ray Disc. Electronics retailer Best Buy also said it would back Blu-ray Disc, but it did not say it would stop offering HD DVD.

Warner made its decision based on consumer confusion and indifference to high definition movies, an indifference that cost Hollywood in lost revenue, it said. Wal-Mart said U.S. customers preferred Blu-ray Disc movies and hardware. Blu-ray Disc is the high definition disc format championed by Sony.

"This once again shows why incompatible and mutually exclusive formats should be avoided at all cost by the industry," said Carl Gressum, a senior analyst at Ovum. "It reduces profitability and delays customer adoption."

"The big question is, however, the impacts on Toshiba as an electronics company," he added. "It has after all bet its disc media business on HD DVD, as well as gone for HD DVD integration into some of its laptop PCs. The channel has inventory to clear, and demands from owners of HD DVD players."

Toshiba said its decision came after careful analysis of the long-term impact of continuing the format war, and said a swift decision was called for to help the high definition market develop.

The company also pledged to remain a player in the high definition market. Developing HD DVD created many assets for Toshiba and its partners, which include Microsoft, Intel, HP, and Universal Studios, the company said. Toshiba plans to work with these companies to seek future business opportunities."



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ive seen blu ray blank disks at best buy once, holy fukking sh!t its 25 gigs!!

course they are expensive as fuc,k.

if blu ray wins (which would be a yes) then those disks better get cheaper, along with that ps3

btw u think the 360 will make a blu ray addon?



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id say its just a matter of time

http://xboxfamily.com/xf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1283&Itemid=2

"Written by Ice Ac   
Monday, 28 January 2008


Has Microsoft been considering a Blu ray add-on for the Xbox 360 all along? According to Jeff Bell, Microsoft’s head of marketing, yes.


In what has become a popular debate in the vein of “Will they or won’t they”, Jeff Bell confirmed that Microsoft has been in talks with the Blu ray association for sometime now regarding an add-on for the Xbox 360. The idea of a Blu ray add-on, similar to the current HD DVD add-on, first emerged when Peter Moore made mention of it prior to last year’s E3 conference.

"We've been talking to Blu ray all along because we have the best piece of software in the business, called HDi. It is the backbone that powers interactivity in HD-DVD and we have that available to potentially partner with others," Jeff Bell told 1UP.

"You never say never. I think we'd like to see how things evolve. Our commitment, however, to HD-DVD is profound and consistent, and we have done very, very well in term of our accessory sales."

While HD DVD still has major support from Universal, Paramount, and Dreamworks; the recent move by Warner Bros to go exclusively Blu ray later this year has changed the entire game plan for many directly involved in the next-gen movie format debate.

Bell also pointed out that it shouldn’t be seen as too crazy a concept for MS to support Blu ray. Sony’s Vaio line of computers all use Windows software. Fanboys often forget that these companies are out to make money and will partner with whoever it takes to make that money. It’s not about fanboys. It’s about business. If a Blu ray player could sell as an add-on for the Xbox 360. Everyone wins. "




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TheRoguewithnofancycharacters


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well that sounds good, just hope that blu ray gets cheaper, unlike those damn cellphones, the bastards.

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HD-DVD is dead is not something to woot about. since sony is noe the only company making high def DVD's now it has no one to comepete with and prices for blue-ray and blue-ray players will go up

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ah ****, well if we are lucky blu ray will die from overpricing, then some bastard child of itself will form and everyone will be happy

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GO BLUE-RAY

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THExMUFFIN MANx wrote:

GO BLUE-RAY



 I SEE YOUR IP ADDRESS!!!



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TheRoguewithnofancycharacters wrote:

THExMUFFIN MANx wrote:

GO BLUE-RAY



 I SEE YOUR IP ADDRESS!!!


        THATS WHAT SHE SAID



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until u realized she said it again

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who is "she" exactally? i wanna meet her. she seems witty =D

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i dont show people mt imaginary friends

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THExMUFFIN MANx


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shes not imaginary. shes 4real

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THExMUFFIN MANx wrote:

 

TheRoguewithnofancycharacters wrote:

THExMUFFIN MANx wrote:

GO BLUE-RAY



I SEE YOUR IP ADDRESS!!!


THATS WHAT SHE SAID

 


DUDE WHAT DIDNT SHE SAY

 



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prob said something that was something, only something will so and so

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she said she likes the french

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i dont even need to say anything, exept u did

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THExMUFFIN MANx


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yes i did shes not with me shes with u and she likes the french

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THExMUFFIN MANx


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i take it blue-b has not seen it yet lol thr is a french lover on this site

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spam whore ^

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indeed, even though i condone **** tons of posting, and some hatred, but these offtopic posts keep me distracted :/

that and it was U who introduced him here lol. Oh well. Besides the rest of u need to post more

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THATS RIGHT AND IM HERE TO TAKE OVER

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post more, with post relevant to poeples interests, like sentences and relevancies to topics.

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