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Toshiba To Offer Laptops With HD-DVD in 2005

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-about-the-sound dept.

LBArrettAnderson writes "Toshiba will release laptops with HD-DVD under its high-end Qosmio brand and plans to ship one million units in the first year to Europe, the U.S. and China, as well as Japan. The company claims the slimline HD-DVD format is more suitable to laptop PCs than the rival Blu-ray Disc format."

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  1. Better suited for laptops? by BobPaul · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They say the HD-DVD is better suited for laptops than Blu-Ray, but they don't say why?

    Are they heavily invested in Blu-Ray? Is that maybe why? Or is there actually a technical reason?

  2. One question though.. by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Would HD-DVD be compatible with our current DVD standard?

    I wonder if they would have more DRM on these new DVDs too :(

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  3. Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD by disbaldman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Although Blu-Ray may hold more information (25GB/layer * 2 layers = 50GB vs 15GB * 2 layers = /30GB for HD-DVD), I personally am sick of Sony trying to push their proprietary standards out again. They do have a large backing for Blu-Ray, but if you take a look back at their other (and more expensive) dead-end proprietary products--namely Mini-Discs and Memory Sticks, I wouldn't count HD-DVD out just yet...