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Toshiba Subsidizes $200/Unit on New HD Player

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-it-up-in-volume dept.

WestTexasWaltz writes "According to a teardown analysis, Toshiba is losing $200 per unit, of its new HD DVD player, in order to gain some marketshare. Interesting that integrated circuits account for more of the cost than the drive itself. Also, this particular analyst concludes that Blu-ray and HD-DVD will "not be a repeat of VHS vs. Beta" and that a stalemate is the likely outcome."

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  1. Linux by NutscrapeSucks · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm suprised that Slashdot hasn't mentioned that these machines use RedHat Linux. Yes, people complain about the boot-up time.

    Since it's a standard Pentium 4 PC design, it seems pretty obvious that the player software will be "liberated" eventually.

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