http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/ Engadget HD Comments for Announcement of HD DVD's death expected in short order (duh) http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 17th 2008 11:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
Yawn.]]>Feb 18th 2008 12:17AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 1:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
Any die hard Toshiba fans can pick up one of the new Toshiba HD DVD players (that just happpen to play Blu-ray discs...), and we can all just get on with our movie-lovin' lives.]]>Feb 18th 2008 12:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:14AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Blu-ray and HD-DVD are too similar and maybe that is the reason. Its hard to get new customers interested in HD already, having these two formats made it harder to market maybe?
Kind of related maybe but in Japan, people probably dont know what hd-dvd is. They may think it is hdd(hard disc drive recorder). Toshiba sometimes market their player as an "hdd hd-dvd" player and when I see that advertisement I think people must not know what the hell that is.

Anyway, I wish it would have continue a bit longer, I enjoyed the bogo sales from both formats. ]]>Feb 18th 2008 1:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 1:50AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
Beta recorders and devices were common place in television newsrooms, as well the beta cam had been used to make tv commercials and television shows, etc. They had a usefulness that superseded the joe average consumer. That would be why they lasted up until 2002. HD DVD discs not so useful, laser disc pretty much the same.]]>Feb 18th 2008 12:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:19AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:24AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:27AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
HD-DVD should have won it early on, back when the BDA was forced to release those unfinished, profile 1.0 players in order to just get a foot in the high def door.

And all I can say about events in the last few weeks is it's good to see the US has finally caught up to the rest of the world who already picked blu-ray as the high def winner.]]>Feb 18th 2008 4:40AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 9:32AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 12:51AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
Now, the real issue: what's the quality variance going to be like? Should you stick with the manufacturers that have been working this so far, or see what the newcomers bring? Obviously, waiting for 2.0 (SP1, right?) is best, but I still think the PS3 is the best option for me. What's everybody else doing?]]>Feb 18th 2008 12:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 1:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 1:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 3:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
I'm thinking about picking up the BD50 myself. The Panasonic players seem to be pretty solid, and I really want a standalone soon so I can use it with my Harmony and eventually upgrade my receiver for use with Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD-MA. I'll just move my PS3 to the bedroom once I have a standalone.]]>Feb 18th 2008 1:13AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/That's a good idea, 'rebadge' their HD DVD players. No one would know the wiser. Either that, just be honest and say it's a DVD upconverter that just so happens to be able to play HD DVDs (for a limited time).

I would like to see an official release from Toshiba myself. That would give me peace of mind as I ponder on what to get for my new collection of BD's.]]>Feb 18th 2008 1:14AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/
Looking forward to BD prices falling as they get serious about tackling their real competition, DVD. I know what some of you will say, but it's true; just as DVD had to conquer VHS, BD will have to conquer DVD. The average person isn't jumping as quick as people would like, else you wouldn't have seen the massive HD DVD hatchet job. Two months from "still up in the air, waiting on Fox's decision" to "get on with it Toshiba, it's completely, totally dead," wow. Rushing to get it killed before the EU antitrust hearings, are we?

Not that I particularly mind; I didn't care one way or another until I bought an HD DVD player, and even then, I wasn't all that excited about getting HD discs. The only reason I flamed people on this board was because so many of y'all had to gloat about "idiots" like me who bought into a so obviously stillborn format. Except that it wasn't obvious, but that's neither here nor there.

Hopefully they'll do right by customers just as Sony did right by Betamax customers. They probably won't, and it'll be an understandable business decision, but I wish someone would. Won't affect me too badly as I didn't get many titles, and not really any that I want to hold on to longer than the player lasts (if that long) but some people might. I'd just as soon get a BD player as soon as it makes sense to get one, and enjoy some high-def movies. Until it makes sense to go that route, I do have a few high-def movies I can enjoy. :->]]>Feb 18th 2008 1:36AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 1:41AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/ir/en/news/20080218_01.htm]]>Feb 18th 2008 8:02AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/17/announcement-of-hd-dvds-death-expected-in-short-order-duh/Feb 18th 2008 10:09AM