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Ed @ Sep 27th 2008 8:06PM
And yet I'm sure the critics will continue to claim that Toshiba left HD DVD supporters out in the cold when they quickly wound down HD DVD production.
Thanks for another update Toshiba. Your HD DVD players are fantastically built and I'm looking forward to keeping mine in use for years to come.
Timmy @ Sep 28th 2008 12:12AM
Enjoy your your new line of super duper DVD upscalers that retail for $150. I'm sure this stupid company, which never ceases to amaze, will move a warehouse of those babies.
I have to hand it to Toshiba, though. They know how to pick a failed format. XDE 1080p 24fps upscaling, anyone? I give those suckers 3 months before they're down to $40 in the bargain bin where they belong.
h0mi @ Sep 28th 2008 10:42AM
"And yet I'm sure the critics will continue to claim that Toshiba left HD DVD supporters out in the cold when they quickly wound down HD DVD production."
How could you claim otherwise? What, because Toshiba provided a fix to broken functionality 7 months later?
When Toshiba releases firmware versions later this year or next that adds some really useful abilities (like, say, divx playback) then your remark would hold some water. But I don't see how you can say Toshiba didn't leave HD DVD supporters out in the cold the way they dropped the format.
squiggleslash @ Sep 29th 2008 9:24AM
Well, for the most part they did. I don't blame them, but rather than a "soft landing" with Toshiba continuing to make and sell high-end HD DVD players in low volumes, encouraging Paramount and Universal to go non-exclusive rather than BD exclusive, and maybe making use of HD DVD's online downloads capabilities to create an infrastructure where the players were still useful for online content, they pretty much dropped the entire format.
Toshiba lost $1B propping up the format, so as I said I don't blame them. But the argument that they didn't leave us in the cold is not sustainable.
Daryl @ Oct 6th 2008 8:28AM
Here is what i am wondering. Could someone market a DVD that only give us browser access thru the HDDVD? With that, i would be able to watch Netflix, Heroes from ABC.com, etc in full screen mode on my TV. It would be great. Let's talk it up and those clearance shefl HDDVD's would fly off the shelf. I have wired broadband to mine now. With a simple link, i could be onlline. All of this assumes some things about the player but it is built on Microsoft technology as i understand.....
Daryl