Toshiba_HD-XF2 : In a desperate move, Toshiba sacrifices its HD-DVD player in Japan

Posted on Tue Nov 13, 08:18 by Russ, Engineer, Tokyo
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This article was unintelligible. I love this website, but I have never seen an article with english that could not be understood. I hope this isnt a sign of things to come.

Posted on Tue Nov 13, 08:55 by scienceking, Computer Engineering Student, Chicago
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The only thing this format war has done is totally destroyed the progress HD format adoption. Both camps seemed to just assume that people would be naturally inclined for an upgrade, but the fact is, interest in the field is limited, and then on top of even limited customer interest, this bullshit serves as the final bow at turing off the customer.
In a way this is a good thing as I doubt players would have gotten this cheap this fast with just a single player, but who cares when no one wants a player just for the hassle of it all?
All I can say is good riddance, and I can only hope that FiOS/WiMax + an online distribution model can take advantage of this stagnation to kill the use of physical media for this stuff, anyway.

Posted on Wed Nov 14, 01:39 by ender
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hey hey PS3 is also about to support DIVX and DIVX HD ! so War is just beginning

in parallel, liteon is about to launch a Blu Ray drive for PC (software provided) at 180€

Posted on Wed Nov 14, 02:36 by bastien, consultant, tokyo
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Le rédacteur de cet article est français ou quoi? On dirait du français parlé et traduit mot à mot...

Posted on Wed Nov 14, 07:11 by albundyhere
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no dual format recorder = no sale from me.

Posted on Wed Nov 14, 08:11 by fractalhorizon, Coder Monkey, Australia
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This war is going to drag for a long time. Microsoft is behind the inferior HD-DVD format, and they are not going to let it go easily.

It is likely Microsoft will do what they always do - throw money at it until either the world gives up and adopts it or Bill Gates goes bankrupt. Somehow the second option seems less likely.