Following Warner's announcement to abandon HD DVD there have been more editorials than you'd care to know. It started out with painting doom and gloom, then came Paramount's statement they wouldn't give up, followed by Universal's statement they'd stick with HD DVD and finally Toshiba has reacted: They have slashed prices on their players - now the list price for the entry level model is just $149 and the list price for the more advanced model just $200 - so below $100 suddenly seems within reach. Toshiba will also be launching a major PR offensive and one of the focus point will be that those not so expensive players are also great upconverting players for your standard DVDs. I wonder how long it takes for the Blu-ray camp to slash prices on their 1.0 players (which you really shouldn't buy). Speaking of profiles, the BDA has come up with some fancy marketing terms for the profiles: Bonus View is profile 1.1 and BD Live is profile 2.0. But the kicker is the admission by the Blu-ray camp that basically if you have gone Blu in the past, you should've known what you got yourself into (with a standalone player that is... even today the PS3 despite its noise and the remote situation remains the best solution - unless you are looking at PC playback where an upgrade to BD Live is also only a question of when, and not if). And finally, it seems to dawn that Blu-ray was indeed rushed out to compete with HD DVD.
if they make ips personal information and don't allow to check em, this world will be crowded with internet-crime and cheaters
Following Warner's announcement to abandon HD DVD there have been more editorials than you'd care to know. It started out with painting doom and gloom, then came Paramount's statement they wouldn't give up, followed by Universal's statement they'd stick with HD DVD and finally Toshiba has reacted: They have slashed prices on their players - now the list price for the entry level model is just $149 and the list price for the more advanced model just $200 - so below $100 suddenly seems within reach. Toshiba will also be launching a major PR offensive and one of the focus point will be that those not so expensive players are also great upconverting players for your standard DVDs. I wonder how long it takes for the Blu-ray camp to slash prices on their 1.0 players (which you really shouldn't buy). Speaking of profiles, the BDA has come up with some fancy marketing terms for the profiles: Bonus View is profile 1.1 and BD Live is profile 2.0. But the kicker is the admission by the Blu-ray camp that basically if you have gone Blu in the past, you should've known what you got yourself into (with a standalone player that is... even today the PS3 despite its noise and the remote situation remains the best solution - unless you are looking at PC playback where an upgrade to BD Live is also only a question of when, and not if). And finally, it seems to dawn that Blu-ray was indeed rushed out to compete with HD DVD.
dunno whats gonna happen, lets see!