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Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-real-than-real dept.

Roy R writes "Toshiba America Consumer Products unveiled today the market launch details for its line-up of the first High Definition DVD players for the U.S. market. The new HD DVD players, models HD-XA1 and HD-A1, will take advantage of the superior capabilities of the HD DVD format. The players will output copy-protected HD content through the HDMI interface in the native format of the HD DVD disc content of either 720p or 1080i."

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  1. In the words of Master Yoda by giorgiofr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Begun, the HDMI massacre has.

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  2. I don't want another spinning disc by djchester · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to view my movies directly from my harddrive, when will the movie/media/music industry get it?

  3. How many DRM will you need to understand... by Yvanhoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that you are supposed to buy DVDs, not watch them !

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