Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"
The vitriol of this site against HD DVD is becoming quite tiresome.
So, your prediction that it was going to be announced by Toshiba that it was over today was flat wrong wasn't it?
Admit it, you're staggeringly biased and just plain nasty.
/unsubscribe
COSIGNED!
Seriously Joystiq I'm a Bluray supporter now and even I find your lack of professionalism completely disgusting.
About the recent Toshiba/HD DVD news...oh well. HD DVD had all the oppurtunity in the world to win this format war. Unfortunately the people in charge didn't seem to get the fact that they were in a WAR. As in you need to fight hard to win it?
Horrible marketing in the end is what killed them. Studio support was a good thing for Bluray to have but in the end its the consumer who makes the decision and most consumers would have made the jump to HD DVD if Toshiba and its supporters had simply done a good job of providing the WHY.
@CassilineKnight
Well put. It just seems like the Blu-ray camp wanted it more.
I'm format agnostic (I own and enjoy both), and thought HD DVD had the better chance of coming out on top (fewer replication barriers, combo discs, cheaper hardware). But Toshiba missed more than one opportunity to offset Blu-ray's better studio backing. Why they didn't FLOOD the market with Paramount and DreamWorks library titles when they went red is beyond me. No automatic HD DVD player in Xbox 360s to match PS3's BD function was killer too.
It's over folks, don't kid yourselves. With plenty of players and discs still in stores, Toshiba can't concede just yet ... that's retail suicide.
But the fat lady is screaming.
@ Steve, please follow through with your /unsubscribe and don't come back.
oh get over it! "vitriol".. are you kidding? They just reported the news.. If engadget didn't say something to the effect of "even though Toshiba didn't concede defeat, we think HD-DVD will soon be over", then people would scream that they are not being neutral as it's glaringly obvious EVERYONE in the industry is thinking the same thing.
I love all these butt-hurt HD-DVD nutjobs screaming murder over every Engadget format war post... good go...