HD DVD Officially Dead --- Toshiba offers Sony the Win !

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Toshiba officially tossed in the towel this morning and closed the door on HD DVD. After Target, BB, and even Netflix helped to place the final nails in the coffin, it appears two movie studio's also had a change of heart and thus lead Toshiba into securing Sony as the winner in this format war.

I would suggest that those who want an upconverting dvd player, consider the Toshiba machines. Each make most discs almost HD quality and certainly better than standard dvd. Best Buy is rumored to be offering the A3 starting tomorrow for 79.99 clearance in store. With several hundred pure digital titles likely selling for peanuts shortly, it could be a way to pickup some must have's cheap too and flex your Home Theatre muscle for little $$.

I find it hardly likely Sony will drop price of Blu-ray shortly, since it now owns the market and can recoup from Toshiba's past pricing discounts. My hope is the movies will drop and become a real competitor to dvd. Seeing Pirates of the Caribbean on Blu-ray is an experience not to be missed.
 
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Sony will keep the price of the Blu-Ray player as high as they can for as long as they can.
 
Kinda sad, as I have HD DVD (A2), but it was only a matter of time. Like you said Killr, the players do in fact do an awesome job upconverting SD titles, and the HD DVD movies will become awfully cheap. I'll keep it around until Blu-Ray prices drop, which won't be anytime soon. I'm still happy with the player as a whole, so I'm not all that disappointed.
 
trlblazer3 said:
Kinda sad, as I have HD DVD (A2), but it was only a matter of time. Like you said Killr, the players do in fact do an awesome job upconverting SD titles, and the HD DVD movies will become awfully cheap. I'll keep it around until Blu-Ray prices drop, which won't be anytime soon. I'm still happy with the player as a whole, so I'm not all that disappointed.
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Sony out marketed Toshiba unlike the beta -VHS loss for Sony.
 
I'm pretty sure that PS3's will continue to drop in price. They have a gaming market to compete in as well. The PS3 is also *upgradeable* and is 2.0 ready.
 
problem with PS3 is its initial cost outlay is still over 400.00 loss per unit. While they can/will make it up on software and movies, it will likely still stay at the higher video game spectrum.
 
dammit, I knew I should have got a PS3 instead of the Xbox360 (for the kids, of course::)
 
killrwheels@autogeek said:
problem with PS3 is its initial cost outlay is still over 400.00 loss per unit. While they can/will make it up on software and movies, it will likely still stay at the higher video game spectrum.
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The cost to deliver a PS3 is and has been down to ~$400 for a few months. It's still a KILLER solution to HD/multimedia at this point and it doesn't have a rival in this arena anywhere close to the price. You get lots for the money. It's also one of the best SD DVD upscaling units.
 
Also to add, Wal-Mart dropped announced they will only sell Blu Rays shortly before this news came out.
 
dengood1 said:
dammit, I knew I should have got a PS3 instead of the Xbox360 (for the kids, of course::)
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My mother in-law bought us one for Christmas so I would have something to do. Man this thing is awesome I just need to pick up Call of Duty 4 and my life is complete lol. I also need a blue ray movie to play and see all the hoopla.
 
Well, I already have a 360 and a Wii, so I may as well get a PS3 since I'm gonna need a Blu-Ray player...and GT-whateveritsnameisgonnabe.
 
wytstang said:
My mother in-law bought us one for Christmas so I would have something to do. Man this thing is awesome I just need to pick up Call of Duty 4 and my life is complete lol. I also need a blue ray movie to play and see all the hoopla.
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Call of Duty 4 is unbelievable. Awesome game, very entertaining and engaging. I was blown away by the graphics on my new 1080p hi def TV.
 
Quite sure Microsoft will have the add on Blueray player for the 360 .Thats why the HD DVD was and ad on until the war was over !!!! Only sad thing about the HD DVD going is I really liked the fact that they had combo disks so you did not have to buy 2 seperate versions of the movie to play on other players in the house. I rerally doubt alot of people have all blue ray players in every room. I know as hell I don't. Hope fully they will now start making the blueray player at a more affordable price point.
 
No, MS actually thought that HD-DVD would make it but was rushing to get to market first with the 360 and didn't wait for the drives to be ready. They are/were a part of the HD board ya know. It will be interesting to watch them pay Sony after all that.:)
 
No way Microsoft goes to Blu-Ray, and no way Sony would let them either. That's one of the upsells for the PS3, much like 360's upsell is Xbox Live (which is far and away the best online gaming format IMO)
 
trlblazer3 said:
No way Microsoft goes to Blu-Ray, and no way Sony would let them either. That's one of the upsells for the PS3, much like 360's upsell is Xbox Live (which is far and away the best online gaming format IMO)
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They have no choice. There is no other HD media and the 360 can't survive if the games aren't in HD.
 
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