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Toshiba applies to the Blu-ray association – Sony says LMAO
Toshiba had bet a lot on HD-DVD, pegging it as the next generation optical media. It released a slew of devices supporting HD-DVD but it could not cope up with the rising popularity of Blu-Ray and finally pulled the plug on HD-DVD early last year. Toshiba not wanting to miss the next-gen optical media bus…
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Blu-ray beaten by HD DVD only for one week
HD DVD format officially died last month, but here is an interesting story on how it beat the pants off rival Blu-ray. Apparently Nielsen VideoScan results for the week of Feb. 24 showed the HD DVD release of American Gangster was the No. 1-selling high-definition release. It’s a different story that the other top 9…
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HD-DVD is officially dead
The format wars finally came to an end today with Sony’s Blu-ray emerging as the winner. After the closing bell rang on Tokyo and Osaka bourses Toshiba’s president Satoru Nisida made the announcement that HD-DVD is no more. Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for…
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HD-DVD could be the world’s most expensive beta test.
Seems the war of the DVD formats will be over soon, sales of the HD-DVD aren’t up to the mark. Since the beginning of the year, when Warner Bros. announced that it was pulling support for HD DVD, the prospects appeared grim. Toshiba and some of the other backers of the format put on a…
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Samsung BD-UP5500 Speaks both HDformats.
While the world suffers at the fate of the most gruesome war of HD formats, namely BlueRay & HD-DVD there are some companies that have reached a neutral settlement and are offering the best package by integrating both formats. Samsung’s BD-UP5500 next-generation Duo HD player brings together the streamlined playback of both Blu-ray and HD…
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Passive Technologies intros LifestationHD, HD and Blu-ray combo
The Lifestation HD from Passive Technologies is the beautiful combination of Blu-ray and HD-DVD drive. The body boasts of a machined aluminum case design and is handcrafted by one of the world’s finest manufactures & finishers. The device offers silent operation courtesy their third generation DynaChill 3 cooling system. The fan less design means you…
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Toshiba Qosmio G40 first notebook with HD-DVD-RW drive
Toshiba Japan has pushed the Qosmio series of notebooks to the limits where they can be seriously called a desktop replacement. The Qosmio G40 and F40 to be launched later this month will be the first notebooks in the world to feature a HD-DVD-RW drive. Another cool feature is Dual Digital TV tuners which allow…
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LG Super Multi Blue Drive launched in Korea
LG has launched the Super Multi Blue Drive for the Korean market which supports both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. It also boasts a 6X Blu-Ray burner. The Super Multi Blue drive supports 25GB Blu Ray and 30GB HD-DVD drives. The drive will be available in Korea only for now for 490,000 KRW ($ 520). Via…
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Toshiba Vardia RD-A301 HD-DVD and HDD recorder
Still banking on the HD-DVD Toshiba Japan has announced the Vardia RD-A301 it records on HD-DVD and has an internal 300GB hard drive for recording HD content. Apart from HD-DVD, Hard drive it can record your HD content on DVD discs too. Other features include dual TV tuner analog / digital so you can record…
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Adobe dumps HD-DVD for Blu-Ray in latest software
Adobe’s Premiere Elements package; version 6 will only support export options for Blu-ray rather than HD DVD. Pocket Lint is reporting that an Adobe spokesman said that he is not sure why the company wont support the next gen format. However industry sources say that Adobe has cracked under pressure from Sony a close partner…
