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Toshiba HAS NOT dropped HD yet
amalgamut00 \| 9:45 AM on 02.18.2008	12 comments

I know it is safe to say Toshiba is going to stop production on HD, but this isn't the point. I really hate how everyone is already saying Toshiba already announced it, the wars are over.

This is bad journalism and I find it funny when you go to the so called sources they say where Toshiba announced this you will end up in a big loop after a few links. What is the point of lying like this? I own a PS3 with 21 Blu-ray movies, of course I would like to see Blu-ray around. If I had an HD player, which I almost did a few times, I would still like to see it around too.

There could have been room for both, but Toshiba did not push HD nearly as much as Sony did with Blu-ray. Now to all the Sony and Blu-ray fans please feel free to say whatever you want just to look like a big shot. Until Toshiba finally announces the death of HD just shut the fuck up.

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10 comments | showing # 1 to 10

BluDesign

There wasn't room for both. Software sales for both account for less than 3% of media sales. That's 3% of movies. That's awful. DVD's exploded when The Matrix came out in 1999. BluRay's going to have to have a stellar year and a kick ass movie to drive sales of it's players to try and catch up.

glipe

Ahem!

Some of us are willing to speculate with the information at hand. Regardless of the fact that Reuters listed the information as coming from a "company source" I'm still listing it as rumour until it actually happens.

Niero

I think its been 50-50 the entire time and any straw that dropped on either side would have caused this effect. Its clear that consumers were dying for it to end and probably care less about which way it went and more about the consolidation of the format.

amalgamut00

It's funny I sort of attacked the story on Digital Battle, some other game site, and they took my one comment down. I guess the only way they get hits is if they make their feature stories rumors.

There could have been room for two if movie studios only picked one side, I forgot to add that. I think the biggest hit to HD though was Wal Mart. I hate saying it but Wal Mart accounts for a lot, even though I hate them to death.

deiga-the-semivaliant

Sounds like someone is a little sensitive todayyy~!

jdub28

I cant beleive sony won a format war. They are like the french part of the format world

notdryad

When I'm suppose to care about the format war, let me know, k?

mix

Wal Mart decides on what prices to sell their items at and companies follow suit as they know Wal Mart has beyond huge purchasing and selling power, when they drop HD-DVD, everyone does.

covah

(note: I have neither player) while toshiba hasn't announced plans to cease production, do we really need them to tell us that its dead? the chances of HD DVD coming back now is probably about 0%. The only way HD DVDs could come back in the market is if all the blu ray players in the world spontaneously blew up.

amalgamut00

I own a PS3, hence making me buy Blu-ray movies so I am not sensitive. I am just sick of people jumping the shark with this, it's annoying.

Honestly this is awesome in ways. Maybe I can get an HD Player between $50 - $80 and then some cheap movies. I'd rather buy buy Batman Begins on HD for a discounted price of $10 than $20 - $24.99 whenever it comes out on Blu-ray. Same goes for Transformers and anything else.

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