Toshiba Making Funeral Plans for HD DVD

Blue Light Special writes "With HD DVD on life support, Toshiba is reportedly preparing to bow to the inevitable and allow HD DVD to expire quietly. 'While denying that a decision on the fate of HD DVD has been made, a Toshiba marketing exec left the door wide open. "Given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players," Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products, said.'" A few folks have also noted that Wal-mart is joining the Blu-ray train, further lowering the stock of HD DVD.

Comments

Re:You mean like CD and Betacam?

[jon3k]

I guess we'll just ignore the fact that beta was a direct competitor to VHS and just mention it's mighty success in the broadcast arena? Or would you rather discuss minidisc?

Re:That's a Shame

[Lumpy]

Amen brother.

I also will not be Buying a Blu Ray player, ever.

I WILL buy a blu Ray pc drive and a new upgrade to AnyDVD. you see my HDTV set is too old to have HDCP, blu Ray players will not output 720p,1080i on component output on discs that have the copy protection flag set. This happens to be almost all the discs available. so my only recourse is to take the blu Ray disc, CRACK it and re-encode the disc to a more compatible DivxHD format I can play on my media center PC that display's 1080i perfectly.

funny part is there are LOTS of people like me out there, their set is not hdcp compatible and therefore cant use bluRay to watch most HD content.

what I get a kick out of is the big box stores "demoing" BluRay on all their sets. it is in 480p because they use a component distribution amp to send the signal from the player to all the sets. It's the same screwup as when those places demoed SACD players back in the day on shitty $199.00 yamaha home stereo setups.

BTW: I have a Zenith DVD player that upscales incredibly on Component and DVI to 1080i ot the point that many people that have seen a good blu ray disc cant tell the difference on my set. they say "you bought bluray? that looks great!" nope... it's plain old DVD with a decent scaler.

Re:That's a Shame

[mdrplg]

Some of you may remember the VHS BETA MAX wars. It is widely accepted that Beta Max was the better technology but VHS won the format war. Do any of you think that this is a repeat, or do you think that Blue Ray is the better technology. Also, do you think this bodes well for Clinton or Obama. I've always thought of Clinton as an HD candidate and Obama as the BR technology. Any comments??