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NHK is working on Hybridcast (an entirely different system to the Hybridcast 3D-delivery setup it demonstrated last year), a system that uses the internet to make vanilla TV broadcasts interactive. It works by pushing HTML5 overlays to your tablet and TV, so you can play along with quiz shows or follow a travelogue from the comfort of your couch. The company is planning to build a set-top-box with the technology ready for sale next year, with integrated TVs hoped to arrive from Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sharp and Mitsubishi shortly afterward. You can see what the residents of Japan can expect by watching the video after the break.

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Toshiba isn't going with the flow this financial season, bucking the trend and posting a healthy (albeit reduced) net profit of 73.7 billion yen ($898.8 million). Whilst down from $1.7 billion in 2010, the company points to the European debt crisis, Japanese Earthquake and high oil prices as the barriers to further success. Unlike its local rivals, Tosh branched out early into "social infrastructure," building everything from radiation detectors, power plants and LED light bulbs -- businesses that made a stack of cash while its computer and TV businesses slumped. Unencumbered by these crises in the future, the company is projecting to make $1.68 billion across the next 12 months -- at which point it might treat itself to a spa day, or something.

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Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi joint venture Japan Display fires up operations originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi officially joined forces today, cementing a government-backed joint venture that's been in the works for a few months, now. Together with the government-funded firm Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), the three manufacturers will now form an entity known as Japan Display Inc., slated to launch during the Spring of 2012. INCJ is providing the lion's share of the funding (approximately $2.6 billion), giving it a 70 percent stake in the newly formed venture. The other three, meanwhile, will each control ten percent of the company, which will encompass their respective small-display subsidiaries. The stakeholders are hoping that today's announcement will help revive their sagging display sales, with some extra help from Panasonic, which also announced that it's selling one of its biggest domestic factories to the freshly minted Japan Display, for an unnamed sum. Find more details in the full PR after the break.

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Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi make joint venture official, form Japan Display Inc. originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba and Vizio expected to join Google TV bandwagon in January originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yahoo! Connected TV store will let developers start charging for apps in March 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Japan's Impress Watch has more details for us, listing a 720p resolution for the 20-incher and a funky 466 x 350 on the 12-inch GL1. Prices are estimated at ¥240,000 ($2,885) and ¥120,000 ($1,443), respectively.

Gallery: Toshiba Regza 20GL1 press images

Gallery: Toshiba Regza 12GL1 press images

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Gallery: Toshiba's Cell TV hands-on at CES

Toshiba's Cell TV hands-on at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Blu-ray Disc Association has positioned Toshiba joining its membership as the epilogue in the company's once pitched battle for high-definition disc domination. It could, however, merely be a new chapter in the broader story of home entertainment as it uses the players not only to fill some product-line gaps but takes advantage of their connectivity to move to a future beyond any disc standard.

Back when it was tending to its fresh format war wounds, Toshiba did not always see this potential. After it exited-- and effectively ended-- the HD DVD market, the March 3, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal ran an interview with Toshiba chief executive Atsutoshi Nishida that detailed ambitious plans for avoiding Blu-ray. On the low end, Toshiba would improve DVD playback to seek near-parity with Blu-ray quality at lower cost. That idea was productized in Toshiba's XDE DVD players and televisions. XDE was met with mixed reviews, however, and the plummeting prices of Blu-ray hardware last holiday season cut its viability short.

Flirting with connectivity on the high-end, Nishida noted that it was now possible to bridge PCs and televisions better, and that he wanted to put "even more energy" into video downloading. He may have been considering Toshiba's Qosmio multimedia powerhouse notebooks as an engine for driving high-definition content to the television. However, the long-lingering idea of bridging the PC and television, while indeed becoming easier technologically, still simply isn't worth the effort for most consumers. At CES 2009 as Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Samsung, LG and Vizio showed off connected televisions, Toshiba didn't announce any broadband content partnerships for its premium Regza line of TVs.

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Oh sure, outfits have claimed to ship kitchen-friendly TV sets before, but Toshiba just made 'em all look silly with the introduction of the 19LV612U. Less formally known as the first member of the Stainless Style TV series, this 18.5-inch set packs a built-in slot-loading DVD player, integrated ATSC / NTSC / QAM TV tuner and a 1,366 x 768 native resolution. Oh, and then there's the seductive stainless steel coating, which makes it fit in impeccably well with your modern day dishwasher, refrigerator and microwave oven. Other specs include 300 nits of brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, five millisecond response time, HDMI / VGA inputs, a headphone jack and VESA mount support. It's expected to ruin meals regularly starting this September for $349.99

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Oh sure, outfits have claimed to ship kitchen-friendly TV sets before, but Toshiba just made 'em all look silly with the introduction of the 19LV612U. Less formally known as the first member of the Stainless Style TV series, this 18.5-inch set packs a built-in slot-loading DVD player, integrated ATSC / NTSC / QAM TV tuner and a 1,366 x 768 native resolution. Oh, and then there's the seductive stainless steel coating, which makes it fit in impeccably well with your modern day dishwasher, refrigerator and microwave oven. Other specs include 300 nits of brightness, a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, five millisecond response time, HDMI / VGA inputs, a headphone jack and VESA mount support. It's expected to ruin meals regularly starting this September for $349.99

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As Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and the rest jockey for position in the overall sales rankings, Tosh is the one that's surprisingly gaining ground. Shortly before naming a new incoming CEO, the company's managing director of Toshiba UK (Andy Bass) stated that things are looking up for the outfit's TV and PC monitor sales. While speaking at the firm's annual product preview, Bass noted that "12 months ago, [Toshiba's] TV business was at the lowest point ever, at just 3.4 percent." That said, 2009 is actually looking to improve, and already it has overtaken Sony for second place in the UK PC monitor and TV marketplace. The only one left to pass is Samsung, but we don't see anyone leapfrogging it for a long, long while.

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[Thanks, Rou]

Update 1: Made our sarcasm a bit more thick.

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Unofficial HD DVD 2.0 firmware surfaces online originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2.0dtvfirmwarehdhd dvdHdDvdhdtvtoshibatvWed, 23 Aug 2006 11:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Toshiba expands Z2000, H2000 & C2000 REGZA lineup]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/23/toshiba-expands-z2000-h2000-and-c2000-regza-lineup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/23/toshiba-expands-z2000-h2000-and-c2000-regza-lineup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/23/toshiba-expands-z2000-h2000-and-c2000-regza-lineup/#comments 1080p is all the rage these days and Toshiba's newest addition to the Z2000 line doesn't disappoint. Out of the four new LCDs in this series, the 47-, 42-, and 37-inch have a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 with the smaller 32-inch Z2000 sporting a 1366 x 768 resolution. Normally, we can interchange spec sheets from manufacturer to manufacturer without anyone noticing as most similar size LCDs have nearly the same connectivity jacks, but not these. First, they are equipped with three DIM ports, two Japanese D4 inputs, two S-Vida, four composite, two IEEE 1394, three Ethernet ports (more on that in a bit), and finally three RF input. This model line was blessed with an overhall of its electronic programming guide that looks rather nice. Even though we have no idea what it says, the layout looks appealing, but back to that Ethernet jack. These models can playback files that are stored on a PC but also a new RAID media server from Toshiba. The 47-inch should be out in late October with a 600,000 Yen price ($5,187 USD) and the smaller 42-,37-, and 32-inch sets in the middle of the September for 500,000 Yen ($4,132 USD), 420,000 Yen ($3,631 USD), and 300,000 Yen ($2,593 USD) respectively.

[H2000 & C2000 lineup info after the jump]

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Toshiba expands Z2000, H2000 & C2000 REGZA lineup originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It doesn't look good that Toshiba is going to produce a second generation HD DVD player before the end of the year. Toshiba's VP of marketing, Jodi Sally, denied any second-gen player this year to Video Business. We still hold a belief that at CES '07, the Toshiba booth will be filled with the next version of their HD DVD players. Their current players are selling well so why would they want to hurt that by announcing a second-gen device? Many people support the HD DVD camp but if there was another device announced, they would simply wait till that one was released instead of buying the current one.

Are you waiting for the second-gen devices before you jump on the HD DVD/Blu-ray bandwagon?

[via highdefdigest]

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T3, a UK gadget mag, is indicating that Panasonic has scheduled a Blu-ray press conference for August 8. The mag is expecting a big Blu-ray announcement aimed at Europe too. Somehow, they are thinking that this press conference is going to also start the sale of Panasonic's Blu-ray player. Sure, this press event might be to announce that Panasonic is going to, in fact, bring their Blu-ray players to the UK but don't think that they are going to be available for sale anytime soon. We wish that was the case, but it just isn't the way these manufacturers have been working lately. They will announce the product with all the glitz and glee they can, but it probably won't be available for a few months and definitely not available before Toshiba's HD DVD launch in two weeks. NOTE: We do hope we are wrong though.

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Rumor control: Panasonic might bring Blu-ray to the UK in just two weeks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blu-raydtvhdhd dvdHdDvdhdtvpanasonictoshibatvukTue, 25 Jul 2006 10:46:00 EST<![CDATA[Circuit City 'forgets' to mention HD DVD]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/24/circuit-city-forgets-to-mention-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/24/circuit-city-forgets-to-mention-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/24/circuit-city-forgets-to-mention-hd-dvd/#commentsGo grab your Circuit City flier from Sunday's paper and turn to page 17. What do you see? We see Circuit City trying hard to educate their would-be customers about the different ways to get a high-def signal. Good for them, but the only problem is that 1/4 of that page is dedicated to Blu-ray. Yes, a person can easily acquire and view high-def content via that medium but what about HD DVD? Circuit City does have more HD DVD titles then Blu-ray but yet they failed to mention them on this page.

Circuit City's love with Blu-ray doesn't stop there. if you search for 'HD-DVD' or "HD DVD" on their home page you get sent to general product categories where if you search for Blu-ray, you get an info page comparing them. The part for Blu-ray clearly indicates more points for that format and our favorite is the one that indicates that Blu-ray has drives for computers already. Do that search for HD DVD again but add Toshiba too. Do you see the same Toshiba laptop with HD DVD as we do? Good. We thought were going crazy here.

So it looks like the Blu-ray Association has Circuit City in their pocket.

[via Digg]

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Here it is then. We are not getting paid by ether of them and don't care what you say.

HD DVD or Blu-ray?

NOTE: please just comment with the format name...not with any explanation. We don't want to taint the results. Thanks!

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Toshiba's survey: HD DVD will win - Blu-ray Association survey: Blu-ray will win originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you were saving your pennies for Toshiba's new RD-A1 HD DVD player/recorder, you have a couple more weeks. Toshiba is having problems getting parts for their unit and the unit is now officially delayed till the end of the month. We doubt any of our readers were going to get one anyways. Toshiba has no plans on shipping the $3,453 priced unit over seas to America; Japan and the US are different types of market. Their country is saturated with terrestrial digital signals where they can utilizes the 1-terabyte capacity a bit more then we can. Sure, some markets have a dozen OTA signals, but most do not have anywhere near that.

We are curious though. Is there anyone out there planning on purchasing one of these units?

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Toshiba delays their HD DVD recorder - RD-A1 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba is taking up a somewhat common practice in today's cut-throat electronic scene. They are selling the HD-A1 at a large loss like Microsoft and Sony do on their game system. The HD-A1 sells for $499 but marketing firm iSuppli estimates that it costs more the $700 when packaging and manufacturing is added to the $674 cost of parts. But this is what Toshiba felt was needed to undercut Sony and Blu-ray. Don't forget though that they are making money on the discs themselves too. They own the license to the format so when ever someone buys a HD DVD film, they are making money. It might not be as much as a $1,000 Blu-ray player but it is still money.

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We are curious on how they rank among our reader base. Any of you have a flat-screen Toshiba - plasma or LCD?

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Toshiba aims at 20% global flat-screen marketshare by 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apparently not everyone is disappointed with Toshiba's initial HD DVD players; that is the cheaper HD-A1. They are sold out across the web at retailers like Amazon, BestBuy, Crutchfield, and Walmart. These are not small town retailers here and if they are having stock issues with the HD DVD players, who else is? The first shipment from Toshiba in early April was estimated to be close to 10 to 15,000 that reached 3,000 stores. A Best Buy spokeswoman has said though that it is kind of hit and miss for the player in their stores; some have it, some don't. The more expensive HD-XA1 isn't having this problem though and seems to be in good supply everywhere as this stock issue is just for the $499 HD-A1.

So what happens when stores are sold out of an electronic (think XBOX 360) Ebay has 'em but for a price. The average selling price for the $499 HD-A1 on Ebay has a $50 premium on it bringing the cost up to $550.

So has any of our readers gone to a store with the thought of buying one only to be sent away because the store didn't have any?

[via Home Theater Blog]

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Toshiba coming out with 9 new DLPs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So, has anyone been having issues with their HD DVD players. There are only two of them out there, the Toshiba HD-A1 and HD-XA1 and they both seem to be having "issues." Most of the problems have involved freezing up during the movie. To solve this, a user would have to hit pause in order for the audio and video to sync back up. It seems that this happens on every movie and sometimes more then once. The bad units seem to have a common thread however; all seem to have been made in March.

Are any of our readers experiencing this?

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Toshiba's HD DVD player, the HD-A1, has been alone on the market for about 2 weeks now. The units seem to be selling well, but they are 'bout to get some competition from Circuit City and RCA. You can't find the Toshiba model in any Circuit City store but they are still going to carry HD DVD players. The first one is from RCA and is currently up for pre-order at CirucitCity.com. Looks a bit like the HD-A1 you say. Well, we hear that it is the same inner workings as Toshiba's model. The HDV5000 is going to retail for the same price and include the HDMI cable just like the Toshiba.

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People ether love HD DVD or they don't. CNET is the latest in the HD DVD hating club with Ten ways HD DVD falls short. David Carnoy goes through a great list of why HD DVD didn't impress him. Truthfully, he has some good points. But in defense of Toshiba, they just released the player. Most of his complaints are about the player itself, HD-A1, rather then the format itself. Most first generation products have never been flawless. (i.e. PSP, Xbox 360, MacBook Pro) The best point on the list though? #10: A death of discs. HD DVD was supposed to launch with 30 titles but only three was available on the launch date.

CNET: 10 ways HD DVD fails short originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some people are just so curious. Take Lorin for example. He ran out and bought Toshiba's HD-A1 HD DVD player and documented him opening the thing up. The six minute clip includes everything from him removing it from the box to installing the HD DVD drive in a PC. No, Windows does not recognize it silly, but BIOS did. He did indicate that purhaps Vista would...

It is differently worth watching if those internal pics of the player was not enough to satisfy you.

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The race has started and Toshiba's HD DVD is a head start and I believe that this format will prevail. I am basing this off of three major advantages that I can see from the perspective of a HDTV salesmen. My profession allows me to have a unique view of the overall situation; many of our readers are also in sales so I am sure that they can relate to these points.

Take some time and read over this. I am sure that some of these points you have not thought about.

Continue reading Why HD DVD will prevail: my opinion

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blu-raydtvhdhd dvdHdDvdhdtvsalessalesmensonytoshibatvWed, 19 Apr 2006 13:04:00 EST<![CDATA[Circuit City has HD DVD movies]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/circuit-city-has-hd-dvd-movies/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/circuit-city-has-hd-dvd-movies/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/circuit-city-has-hd-dvd-movies/#commentsThis is some interesting news. Circuit City is not going to carry Toshiba's HD DVD drive for whatever reason but an alert reader called something to our attention today. Darrin L. Wade dropped us a tip today indicating that his local Circuit City is selling a HD DVD. He found The Phantom of the Opera and The Last Samurai; both for $25.

This caught our attention but we cannot seem to pull any HD DVD items up on Circuit City's website. Can anyone else confirm this? If this is true, they will be sitting on the shelves for a while till Circuit City gets their HD DVD player in.

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Well Aaron, we are not a big fan of DVD recorders for one. They cannot record anything HD nor can the efficiently copy DVDs. (yes, there are ways around this but it is not a fast nor efficient) Other than those big hang-ups, it seems like a good player. HDMI outputs can be good to have and DivX support is great if you use it. We just are not that sure if the DVD recorder part is worth it.

What do you think about this new player from Toshiba for Aaron. Any advice?

UPDATE: Thanks for pointing out the difference between DIVX and DivX Chris. DIVX is was Circuit City failed pay-per view DVD format while DivX is the video codec that everyone has came to love and respect. Oh and Dave, I had forgotten about it even though I was one of the salesman that was told to sell the format by Circuit City.

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There are some sweet pics. Got to tell you that we learned somethings from these pics. First off, it seems to be very well built. The HD-A1 also has 1 gig of DDR2700 and the main processor has a heat piped cooling system.

Check 'em out. Let us know your first impression.

[Thanks for the tip Mark]

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Internal pics of Toshiba's HD-A1 HD DVD player originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DVDActive has posted the fronts and backs of several soon-to-be-released (or not so soon) Blu-ray and HD-DVD titles so you know what color boxes to look for when they hit stores. The most interesting development is that despite rumors to the contrary, all the HD-DVD movies posted state they are formatted in 1080p.

Even though most of us don't have 1080p TVs yet and the initial HD-DVD players will max out at 1080i, those concerned about "future proofing" their next generation DVD collection may still have an option in HD-DVD.

[Thaks for the tip SJ!]

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HD-DVD & Blu-ray movie boxes unveiled, 1080p standard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba blasted us with a heap of new additions to their Dynabook and Qosmio line-up of laptops today. Let's start with the Qosmio F30/695LS Core Duo T2300 (1.66GHz) which features a bright 15.4-inch, 1280 x 800 (WXGA) LCD to check the teevee pumped out those integrated analog and digital terrestrial TV tuners. The F30 also features 160GB of storage for TV recording fun, up to 2GB RAM, nVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, fingerprint scanner, shock protection, and harmon/kardon's bass reflex speaker system already spotted on the G35. Next up is the new 1.9-kg Dynabook SS MX/395LS which also packs a Core Duo T2300 but delivers on a 12.1-inch WXGA LCD with 80GB disk, a dual-layer DVD burner, 512MB RAM, and 802.11a/b/g WiFi and goes 5.2-hours on a single charge. The compact, 2.5-kg Dynabook CX/875LS offers a 14.1-inch WXGA display and Core Duo T2300, harmon/kardon's speakers, and dual-layer DVD burner we've seen before. Rounding things out are the "high-grade standard" TX/880LS and budget AX/40LS which both offer 15.4-inch displays with the TX going Core Duo T2300 and 120GB disk while the AX manages to slip-in Celeron M 370 and dual-layer DVD burner on the cheap. Looks like all the models will be shipping no later than the 28th of this month. Big snaps of the SS MX and F30 after the break.

[Via Akihabara News]

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Toshiba's Qosmio F30 and Dynabook SS MX, CX, TX, and AX laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What is your price? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a move that has stunned Toshiba and excited HD lovers everywhere, Sony has just released their coveted Blu-Ray player. Best of all, they have undercut Toshiba's price by releasing their player at whopping $299! This is simply astounding! We all knew that Sony had the support of most of the movie studios, but no one excepted those studies to release so many titles. As I am writing this, studios keep sending lists and lists of their release titles over the news feeds. We will get you a complete list as soon as we can. This day simply could not get any better then I ran across what many of you called out for: Penthouse's Blu-Ray edition collection! It appears that they took all the "classic" stuff, combined with new material, and utilized all of Blu-Ray's capacity.

What could make today any better? Blu-Ray is here, it's cheap, and there are tons of titles (and porn). What a way to start the day!

[April Fools]

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Breaking News: Blu-Ray now available for purchase - only $299 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The day is finally here! High definition DVDs are moving in and those ol' DVDs are gettin' kicked to the curb. (just joking) Toshiba has officially started selling their first HD DVD player...too bad it is only in Japan. The HD-XA1 is selling for 93,436 yen ($795) but it comes packaged with high-def copies of Resident Evil and Moonlight Jellyfish (an extra star goes to anyone that has seen this.) Unfortunately, the cheaper HD-A1 is no where to be seen.

Toshiba's HD DVD now on sale! (in Japan) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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