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Toshiba to drop HD-DVD? Rumor from reliable source

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Dacalo

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The Hollywood Reporter is pretty reliable, but we will see.

The Hollywood Reporter is citing "reliable industry sources" as saying that Toshiba is on the verge of officially dropping its HD DVD format.

Though Toshiba denies that any such decision has been made, the just-published article in The Reporter points to "substantial" losses from each HD DVD player sold and a series of high-profile defections as key motivators for the company, with one unnamed source close to the HD DVD camp telling the Reporter that "an announcement is coming soon... it could be a matter of weeks."
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UPDATE:

It's official.
 
On to the next topic now that there's a damn winnner... What's the best 1080p Blu-Ray player to buy (that does 1080p DVD up-converting too).
 
Originally posted by: Cruisin1
On to the next topic now that there's a damn winnner... What's the best 1080p Blu-Ray player to buy (that does 1080p DVD up-converting too).
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PS3. Unless you need XLR analog outputs for the best possible sound, then you have to get a pretty expensive Blu Ray player.
 
Originally posted by: UNCjigga
If this is true, I predict the Xbox 360 gets a Blu-Ray drive by August.
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That'd be the shit. I already have the HD DVD for mine, plus a PS3. If the make a Blu Ray for the 360, I can move the PS3 upstairs.
 
WTF? I just realized something. This means...SONY FINALLY WON A FORMAT WAR!!!

Is Hell freezing? Seriously, we've got Beta, ATRAC3, minidisc, MemoryStick, UMD, SACD, and those are just the ones off the top of my head! CD was successful but it doesn't count--there never really was a "war" and Sony didn't keep it proprietary.
 
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
 
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
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Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
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Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
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I'd argue that's due to the inferior quality and DRM.
 
Originally posted by: xeemzor
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
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Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
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I'd argue that's due to the inferior quality and DRM.
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i can see why DRM will help BD succeed, but why would inferior quality help it succeed
 
Originally posted by: xeemzor
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
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Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
Click to expand...

I'd argue that's due to the inferior quality and DRM.
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And you think downloadable movies will be any different? You think you're going to download 50 GB non-DRMed movies anywhere (legally)? 😉
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: xeemzor
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
Click to expand...
Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
Click to expand...

I'd argue that's due to the inferior quality and DRM.
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And you think downloadable movies will be any different? You think you're going to download 50 GB non-DRMed movies anywhere (legally)? 😉
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I still have 20 Hi Def movies to watch on my Dish Network HD-DVR that I recorded during my three month free preview of HBO and Starz.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: xeemzor
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Sony isn't keeping this proprietary, nor is it Sony's format.

18 companies represent BDA board members, 65 companies are BDA contributors, and 94 companies are BDA members.

Support was so broad, it's not really a surprise it won the format war.

Originally posted by: xeemzor
I wonder how long disk based formats will be relevant at all with the advent of an internet based distribution system.
Click to expand...
Physical CD sales represent 80-90% of music sales, even after all these years of MP3s and iPods.

Physical media will be the dominant format in the music and video business for the near future.
Click to expand...

I'd argue that's due to the inferior quality and DRM.
Click to expand...

And you think downloadable movies will be any different? You think you're going to download 50 GB non-DRMed movies anywhere (legally)? 😉
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Not right away, but I see it getting there quickly. I, and most people I talk to, don't really want to pay for movies. What we do want is an efficient system that provides a huge access to titles and that is of sufficiently high quantity. Not that I download movies, but I hear that dealing with torrent sites can sometimes be quite a PITA. The sooner the MPAA realizes this is the sooner both consumers and MPAA are happy(the consumers due to a superior system and the MPAA due to a sustainable system that relies on quantity of sales). If such a system were available, I'd be a customer in a heartbeat.
 
Until they have affordable Blu-Ray players and recorders, I am staying with DVD for now.
 
Originally posted by: UNCjigga
If this is true, I predict the Xbox 360 gets a Blu-Ray drive by August.
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I don't. Microsoft and Sun don't exactly get along regarding Java. I doubt Microsoft would want to implement that crap on their console and worry about it causing problems. Plus they would probably have to pay licensing fees for every console regardless of whether someone bought a blu-ray add-on or not. One of the reasons they provided HD DVD support was because it used Microsoft's own HDi.
 
Originally posted by: Shawn
Originally posted by: UNCjigga
If this is true, I predict the Xbox 360 gets a Blu-Ray drive by August.
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I don't. Microsoft and Sun don't exactly get along regarding Java. I doubt Microsoft would want to implement that crap on their console and worry about it causing problems. Plus they would probably have to pay licensing fees for every console regardless of whether someone bought a blu-ray add-on or not. One of the reasons they provided HD DVD support because it used Microsoft's own HDi.
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Couldn't they just bundle an "update" with the Blu-Ray player so that only people who purchase it have to pay the fees?
 
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