Toshiba Going After Blu-ray?

Swifty Nifty has an adventure submitted a link to a story about Toshiba's new High Def Disc Format. No, I'm not kidding — apparently Blu-ray has a new contender. This seems to be intended as a DVD backwards-compatible format, but there's not a lot of detail.

Comments

Hello?

[Mateo_LeFou]

Could we please get ISO to fast-track one of these High Def standards so we will all know what to buy? Please?? (Hint:joke)

Re:Hello?

[Midnight Thunder]

Could we please get ISO to fast-track one of these High Def standards so we will all know what to buy? Please?? (Hint:joke)

In that can I vote, and then complain about the way I voted? ;)

Re:Hello?

[Anonymous Coward]

Technology is moving way too fast for me to keep replacing my hardware. As soon as I commit to buying one of these things, a new technology will have emerged, making my spanking new purchase obsolete before the year is out. I am not a sucker.

Fuck this shit. Lemme download an electronic copy to play directly from my hard drive. Hard drive? That's obsolete. Everyone's using solid state these days.

Re:Hello?

[Dishevel]

In that can I vote, and then complain about the way I voted? ;) I thought that it was mandatory.

Re:Hello?

[Fred_A]

Hard drive? That's obsolete. Everyone's using solid state these days. Solid state is so passé... wait a few month before new high density tapes come out and they'll be all the rage.

Data storage on Betamax is the future, that's what insiders at a big company told me. But I've said too much already.

Re:Hello?

[Tumbleweed]

In that can I vote, and then complain about the way I voted?

Don't blame me, I voted for HD-Kodos.

Re:Hello?

[zippthorne]

No way, moon-bounce delay line memory is where it's at.

Standards

[youthoftoday]

How many standards do we need? The ISO should wade in and sort this out ... no wait.

Re:Standards

[Sponge Bath]

... no wait

Too late. Standard Approved.

Includes Section 12.4.56.2 Option 'PlayLike1970-8Track'

Gah

[TPJ-Basin]

Worst. Idea. Evar.

Details

[whisper_jeff]

...but there's not a lot of details.

Which, of course, means it's a perfect candidate for a Slashdot article...

Note to Hillary and Toshiba

[SputnikPanic]

It's over. Move on.

Re:This has GOT to be a hoax!

[mrbluze]

I cannot imagine in their wildest dreams that they would try again. There are probably animated films in japan depicting the kind of repetitive self flagelation that Toshiba is demonstrating. Probably illegal in most countries too.

New name picked for high def disc format

[192939495969798999]

I hear that the new format will be called High-Definition DVD, or HD-DVD, and it will be major competition for blu-ray. At stores, you'll see them both right next to each other on the shelves, confusing consumers until some point when one of the two formats goes away.... er wait, what?

everyone is reading the press release wrong

[circletimessquare]

toshiba is indeed creating a new DVD player, yes, this is true. and indeed, the DVD player they are making will not be blu-ray... it will be x-ray, a decepticon character for the upcoming transformers 2 movie. its gimmicky product placement

so everyone calm down, this is merely a movie technology villain, not a villain of movie technology. i mean yes, it is a technology villain from a movie, not a villainous movie tech, i mean... oh forget it

Re:Really, what's the use?

[bilbravo]

6mm on each side? Really?