Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) - Page 3

Lyme · 02-16-08, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.I.N

"HD-DVD is not dead, there just not manufacturing the players anymore."

It is dead, and with it the days of the discounted blu-ray players, the five or seven free blu-ray dvd's with a purchase, etc. It is going to be interesting to see in the future how quickly the market adopts blu-ray in the future.

Has the BD org stopped creating new non-backward compatible specifications yet? Or is this like the Superbowl, where we have a new one each year?

NaitoSan · 02-16-08, 02:11 PM

Wow, didn't expect it that soon. I'm have to say I'm pretty much excited. Now, I'm waiting to hear from Universal and Paramount/Dreamworks on this.

**nekrosoft13** · 02-16-08, 03:44 PM

so when will the movies go on sale, need to get a few

NaitoSan · 02-16-08, 03:53 PM

Probably next week.

NaitoSan · 02-16-08, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S.I.N

"HD-DVD is not dead, there just not manufacturing the players anymore."

ROFL, that picture always make me laugh.

AthlonXP1800 · 02-17-08, 01:58 PM

http://phyxion.net/hardware/news/hd-...f-players.html

Toshiba to announce HD-DVD defeated as early as next week and the decision to ceased HD-DVD players production plus cancelled future HD-DVD developments like 51GB HD-DVD triple layer disc that will never see the light of day . Universal, Dreamworks and Paramount are expected to make announcements switch to Blu-ray within weeks.

Look like all Hollywood studios will have 100% Blu-ray supported by June 2008.

**nekrosoft13** · 02-17-08, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AthlonXP1800

http://phyxion.net/hardware/news/hd-...f-players.html

Toshiba to announce HD-DVD defeated as early as next week and the decision to ceased HD-DVD players production plus cancelled future HD-DVD developments like 51GB HD-DVD triple layer disc that will never see the light of day . Universal, Dreamworks and Paramount are expected to make announcements switch to Blu-ray within weeks.

Look like all Hollywood studios will have 100% Blu-ray supported by June 2008.

sad day, blu-ray will go price crazy now

02-17-08, 02:14 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ywWfmRdOmJ0&feature=related

lol

Lyme · 02-18-08, 07:54 PM

funny stuff
http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...080218?sp=true

Quote:

Shares in Toshiba Corp, which a company source said was planning to axe its HD DVD format, jumped nearly 6 percent as analysts praised a move to cut its losses, while Sony Corp shares rose 1 percent.

The share price of Toshiba went up nearly 6% for loosing, while Sony only went up 1% for winning. I don't think I'll ever understand how the stock market works.

NaitoSan · 02-18-08, 09:09 PM

Toshiba has scheduled a press conference for later today (5pm in Tokyo, Japan). Hmm, I'm pretty excited.

02-16-08, 02:11 PM	#26
NaitoSan Student @ DigiPen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,069	Re: Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) Wow, didn't expect it that soon. I'm have to say I'm pretty much excited. Now, I'm waiting to hear from Universal and Paramount/Dreamworks on this. __________________ 17-inch MacBook Pro: Unibody \| Intel Core 2 T9800 @ 2.93GHz \| Nvidia 9400M GT / 9600M GT 512MB GDDR3 \| 320GB 7200RPM SATA \| 4GB DDR3 PC1066 \| Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Desktop: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6GHz \| ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP \| 4GB G.Skill F2-6400PHU1 @ 800MHz 4-4-3-5 \| EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB \| Western Digital Raptor X 150GB \| Samsung 32" HDTV \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Note: English is my second language so please bear with my grammar!

02-16-08, 03:44 PM	#27
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02-16-08, 03:53 PM	#28
NaitoSan Student @ DigiPen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,069	Re: Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) Probably next week. __________________ 17-inch MacBook Pro: Unibody \| Intel Core 2 T9800 @ 2.93GHz \| Nvidia 9400M GT / 9600M GT 512MB GDDR3 \| 320GB 7200RPM SATA \| 4GB DDR3 PC1066 \| Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Desktop: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6GHz \| ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP \| 4GB G.Skill F2-6400PHU1 @ 800MHz 4-4-3-5 \| EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB \| Western Digital Raptor X 150GB \| Samsung 32" HDTV \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Note: English is my second language so please bear with my grammar!

02-17-08, 01:58 PM	#30
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	Re: Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) http://phyxion.net/hardware/news/hd-...f-players.html Toshiba to announce HD-DVD defeated as early as next week and the decision to ceased HD-DVD players production plus cancelled future HD-DVD developments like 51GB HD-DVD triple layer disc that will never see the light of day . Universal, Dreamworks and Paramount are expected to make announcements switch to Blu-ray within weeks. Look like all Hollywood studios will have 100% Blu-ray supported by June 2008. __________________ Intel Core i7 3770K, Corsair H80 liquid cooler with Noctua S12-1200 fan, ASUS P8Z77V with UEFI 1606, 16GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-RAM, Pioneer DVR-217DBK 22x DVD-RW, Corsair AX850 PSU, Western Digital 2TB SATA3 hard drive, Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, CanonScan N650U scanner, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, ASDA Wheel Mouse Optical, Sirus's 2 3D speakers, 32inch Sharp LC32LE600 LED TV, EVGA Geforce GTX 670 SC 4GB with Geforce 306.23 driver, 30Mb broadband Virgin Media VMDG480 Super Hub, Aspire Xplorer Midi Tower, Windows 8 Pro 64bit.

02-17-08, 02:14 PM	#32
PeterJensen Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) http://youtube.com/watch?v=ywWfmRdOmJ0&feature=related lol

02-18-08, 09:09 PM	#34
NaitoSan Student @ DigiPen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,069	Re: Toshiba to Drop HD DVD (rumor?) Toshiba has scheduled a press conference for later today (5pm in Tokyo, Japan). Hmm, I'm pretty excited. __________________ 17-inch MacBook Pro: Unibody \| Intel Core 2 T9800 @ 2.93GHz \| Nvidia 9400M GT / 9600M GT 512MB GDDR3 \| 320GB 7200RPM SATA \| 4GB DDR3 PC1066 \| Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Desktop: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6GHz \| ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP \| 4GB G.Skill F2-6400PHU1 @ 800MHz 4-4-3-5 \| EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB \| Western Digital Raptor X 150GB \| Samsung 32" HDTV \| Windows 7 Professional x64 Note: English is my second language so please bear with my grammar!

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