http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/ Engadget HD Comments for Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD already? - Yup it's over. http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
I hope the rumblings of Transformers and others from Paramount are real, I would imagine that they are. I cannot for a moment believe that the retailers and Netflix did NOT inform Paramount and Universal that they were dumping the DEAD format. It just does not work like that. I am thinking this was planned during the WB conference about 2 weeks ago.

And I thought the Berlin Wall came down fast. WOW that was quick. 1 stinkin week and its finally over.

Bring on the BIG catalogue releases please.

Nfinity, and Truth Teller...it's been fun, and like others said post your Blu collection when you have one, and if your stubborn enough to NOT buy Blu...then whatever.

PS3 will DOMINATE 08 and beyond. Like Sony said, this is a marathon....NOT a sprint.]]>Feb 16th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Did JVC scrap S-VHS?
Did Sony scrap MiniDisc or UMD?

No.]]>Feb 16th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Yes]]>Feb 16th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Haahaa... Very funny... It's being outsold 2:1 by the 360, which has sold 4 times as many games.

How long till Sony halts PS3 production???]]>Feb 16th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Anyway, no actually the PS3 beat the 360 in US sales last month and the PS3 sells better in Japan and Europe (minus the UK).]]>Feb 16th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Actually the collapse of HD-DVD could conceivably make Blu-ray LESS of a factor for the PS3, if the pattern follows anything like what happened with DVD and the PS2. Lots of people bought the PS2 as a cheap(ish) DVD player during its first year, but once player prices started falling (which Blu-ray should be able to accomplish now), who used it as a movie player anymore?

No, the PS3 will live or die by its game library, and it definitely needs to catch up to the other two in that arena. It's getting there, but right now for exclusives it's got Uncharted, Ratchet, and, uh...]]>Feb 16th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/the reason people quit using the ps2 as a dvd player is because it couldn't play a lot of dvd's. and even the ones that it could play didn't have the full dvd quality. the ps3 couldn't be further from this, it's the best bluray player available on the market...especially considering the price and the fact that it's fully upgradeable.]]>Feb 16th 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
The PS2 could play all DVDs just fine after a few very early problems with the firmware were quickly resolved. That's not why people stopped buying it as a DVD player; it was because DVD players fell below the price of the PS2, and it was no longer a "bargain" as a movie player.

From that point on, the PS2 had established itself with enough hot games (particularly GTAIII) that it didn't really need DVD as a selling point any longer. Will the PS3 do the same? Maybe, but it needs to pick up the pace where good exclusive content is concerned.]]>Feb 16th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 17th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
I knew this was over when...the PS3 released AND when Disney sided with Blu. So if I knew over a YEAR ago that Toshiba was doomed with NO corporate experience....how the FRAK do these tools keep their jobs?]]>Feb 16th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
It was a lot closer than that... Toshiba could have easily been THE format had they capitalized on a number of opportunities. BD's marketing was on spot.

The PS3, with all it's bells and whistles was a monumental screw up at launch, and only now are they starting to see some success. Sony should count their blessings that the PS3 was able to bounce back from all the negative publicity they faced throughout last year.

All history now, but I can't agree with you that it was won when the PS3 launched... ]]>Feb 16th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Meanwhile, they're getting ****ed in the a** by poor, overpriced, hardware and software.
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All I said was that investors would not want Toshiba to continue to spend money on a format that was not going anywhere anymore.

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Seppuku for both of them :) ]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/]]>Feb 17th 2008 11:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
The company said it will continue to sell HD-DVD products for a while but will stop further development of HD DVD. Meanwhile, it said its DVD factories in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, would be closed.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/
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"Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research), a company source said on Saturday."

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1637974620080216]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
We shall miss you.




So anyway, where's my American Gangster on Blu-Ray?]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 9:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Ya know, i think i'm going to miss Truth Teller and his stupidity the most out of this format war.

:P]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/me too, even truth commenter.....]]>Feb 16th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
HUZZAAAAH!!!!]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Its a shame warner choose the wrong side, the lower quality side. The region coded consumer unfreindly side :(. But at least there is a clear cut winner now. this stupid war went on for too long. Now that blu-ray has one I expect them to up their quality. I want to see all those old mpeg2 based releases re-released. All the crappy releases, put out again in proper quality.]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Blame HD DVD owners who didn't buy more movies. What do you expect Warner to do when Blu-ray Warner titles out sold HD DVD titles every single week despite the fact that Warner titles had better special features and the same exact encode?]]>Feb 16th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
I guess Paramount / Universal will just give up on HD releases....oh well.]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Btw, i heard that TruthTeller and Nfinity are going to put all their resources together and manufacture homemade HD-DVD players out of their garages. Reuters will be reporting it any day now.

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I may just give up on all HD formats and stick with a good OPPO player.]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
6-8 months? 2-3 years? Where did you get these timelines from? Dreamt them up last time you went for a crap perhaps?]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
DVD Vs. Blu-ray 3...2...1...Fight!

(Ps. Does this mean that the weekly sales graph is going to be Blu-ray Vs. DVD? I'm calling a 99/1 split that DVD is ahead on the first week.)]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/Feb 16th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/(and I shall have a stack of heavily discounted HD DVDs to buy in the coming months).

Poor old consumer tho, the worst format won - tho happily it will not be braking out of the niche and no-one but the PS3 kids will ever care much about it.

You'll be sorry.

I myself will stick to HD TV & my DVR
(which are going to be the real winners this time around),
my HD DVDs,
upscaling my SD DVDs
(which are going to see off Blu-ray no matter what anyways) and
downloading
(where approx 400+ of your beloved Blu-ray catalogue is now available).

I don't need and I will not give Blu-ray a dime
(but thank you for helping to fund my high def movies :P ).

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Do check in every now and then and let us know how you Blu-Ray collection looks.

Stay safe.]]>Feb 16th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/16/toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-hd-dvd-already/
Yup, it was fun Dave.
But for Toshiba & company, is was not.]]>Feb 16th 2008 11:06AM