Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Toshiba Going After Blu-ray?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the deja-what-now dept.

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.

6 of 532 comments (clear)

  1. Hello? by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

    --
    My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
  2. Standards by youthoftoday · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    --
    -1 not first post
  3. Details by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

  4. Note to Hillary and Toshiba by SputnikPanic · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's over. Move on.

  5. Re:This has GOT to be a hoax! by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
    --
    Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
  6. New name picked for high def disc format by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

    --
    stuff |