The difference is that one brand is a massively bigger threat than the other.
Toshiba could, if they wanted to, go along with the whole Blu-ray project & make their own Blu-ray player (particularly as the format now has no HD DVD competitor).
They are not doing so.
It is obvious that to all (CE & movie corps) concerned high def on disc was a major disappointment.
Toshiba are in the business of making money and if Blu-ray really was 'the next DVD' they'd be in like a shot to make guaranteed cash. Clearly they (like many people.....even some of the Sony guys now) do not think Blu-ray can be anything more than a niche product (and likely a high margin one at that) revolving primarily around the PS3 game console.
That's why Toshiba are backing their own new take on DVD (which contrary to the obvious if typical ignorant fanboy criticisms does produce a more detailed image - by doing what forensic labs have done for decades.....you take the tiny differences in detail of 'x' number of preceding frames and following frames to the one being shown and combine them onto that 1 being shown. You'll not be seeing many cases thrown out of court cos the forensic video/film guys pulled detail "out of their a$$es")
Naturally the Blu-ray fanclub hate Toshiba with a renewed passion.
Toshiba not only had the gaul to release a competing high def format (which forced the BDA - again by their own admission - to launch 2 years too early and because of this still even now has better practical features than almost every Blu-ray device currently on the market and did it at much lower prices, even pre the format's demise) but also by now refusing to go along with the BDA's Blu-ray plans they are making 'the Emperor's new clothes' very clear & obvious.
Some people think that if the CE corps just gang up and present a united front then come hell or high water people will just get used to it all and Blu-ray can then take off, irrespective of the incomplete specs, clunky operation, sky-high pricing and a host of so-called 'security' issues lying ahead - and if the story about X-PROTECT is true they are still at it, cue endless compatibility issues ahead .
Of course it isn't going to happen as their current sales disaster is proving.
......oh and I have to giggle at the way the Blu-ray.com tw@ts now think they know all about Toshiba's manufacturing costs, pricing structures & sales strategy. The idea that the new spurs engined DVD players are going to cost more than the HD DVD players is laughable. As if they'd just ignore their very recent experience with that.
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Truth Teller @ Jul 16th 2008 1:43PM
You're right, of course it's obvious hypocrisy.
Darren has a major h@rd-on for Blu-ray.
The difference is that one brand is a massively bigger threat than the other.
Toshiba could, if they wanted to, go along with the whole Blu-ray project & make their own Blu-ray player
(particularly as the format now has no HD DVD competitor).
They are not doing so.
It is obvious that to all (CE & movie corps) concerned high def on disc was a major disappointment.
Toshiba are in the business of making money and if Blu-ray really was 'the next DVD' they'd be in like a shot to make guaranteed cash. Clearly they (like many people.....even some of the Sony guys now) do not think Blu-ray can be anything more than a niche product (and likely a high margin one at that) revolving primarily around the PS3 game console.
That's why Toshiba are backing their own new take on DVD
(which contrary to the obvious if typical ignorant fanboy criticisms does produce a more detailed image - by doing what forensic labs have done for decades.....you take the tiny differences in detail of 'x' number of preceding frames and following frames to the one being shown and combine them onto that 1 being shown.
You'll not be seeing many cases thrown out of court cos the forensic video/film guys pulled detail "out of their a$$es")
Naturally the Blu-ray fanclub hate Toshiba with a renewed passion.
Toshiba not only had the gaul to release a competing high def format (which forced the BDA - again by their own admission - to launch 2 years too early and because of this still even now has better practical features than almost every Blu-ray device currently on the market and did it at much lower prices, even pre the format's demise)
but also
by now refusing to go along with the BDA's Blu-ray plans they are making 'the Emperor's new clothes' very clear & obvious.
Some people think that if the CE corps just gang up and present a united front then come hell or high water people will just get used to it all and Blu-ray can then take off, irrespective of the incomplete specs, clunky operation, sky-high pricing and a host of so-called 'security' issues lying ahead - and if the story about X-PROTECT is true they are still at it, cue endless compatibility issues ahead .
Of course it isn't going to happen as their current sales disaster is proving.
......oh and I have to giggle at the way the Blu-ray.com tw@ts now think they know all about Toshiba's manufacturing costs, pricing structures & sales strategy.
The idea that the new spurs engined DVD players are going to cost more than the HD DVD players is laughable.
As if they'd just ignore their very recent experience with that.