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HD DVD Wins the Format War! |
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Made you look!
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm
“It was not the consumers that chose Blu-ray over HD DVD it was the industry”, comments VanWynendaele before saying that given the chance they wouldn’t do anything different. “We firmly believe that we did it the right way.
Source: Sky News via Pocket-Lint
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Blu-ray and HD DVD External Drives |
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A lot of announcements have been coming out at the CeBit expo in Hanover, as with any large consumer electronics show. The latest releases regarding the next generation dvd format are internal and external drives for your PC, laptop, game console, what have you.
First we start with Samsung’s external Blu-ray burner, which I have [...] |
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Toshiba Europe Refutes Blu-ray Claims |
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As previously mentioned, The Blu-ray Disc Association has been claiming victory in the format war stating their sales are 3:1 compared to HD DVD. At the consumer electronics show CeBit this week, Toshiba Europe has categorized these claims as propaganda.
Olivier Van Wynendaele, Deputy General Manager of HD DVD for Toshiba stated that the Blu-ray sales [...] |
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Blu-ray outselling HD DVD |
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Yes, there is truth in that statement. So this means that the format war is over, right? Well, not exactly. While Blu-ray sales have passed that of HD DVD this month, “the life-to-date title sales ratios”, according to Ken Graffeo of Universal, are at about 1:1. Graffeo who is the executive in charge of the [...] |
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Low Cost Alternative for HD DVD Mastering and Reproduction |
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As reported this week, the DCA (Doug Carson & Associates) have announced they have successfully mastered the first 3X DVD ROM for HD DVD commercial use. What does that mean for the avid HD DVD fan? Well it basically means that there is a lower cost alternative to the HD DVD disc already in production, [...] |
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