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- Toshiba making *another* bad storage bet
- Toshiba making *another* bad storage betMaybe.....we'll see.I still think the concept is good. Improvements and new discoveries will keep coming. Many people said the LCD flat screens would never catch on, but now it's a standard. The first cell phones and portable computers like the Osborne were questionable, but led...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, Toshiba Corp., HD-DVD, hard drive, storage
- Discussion threads 2008-04-27
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- The strange journey of HD disc formats
- The strange journey of HD disc formatsSomebody still has some sand in their vag....The author appears to be a spurned HD-DVD adopter. The "war" has been over for awhile, but this guy seems to still be awfully bitter. Both formats were close in quality, and technically Bluray is...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, HD-disc format, strange journey, HD-disc, HD-DVD, BluRay
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- The strange journey of HD disc formats
- THe battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is firmly in the category of "old news." With the shift of Warner Brothers to the Blu-ray camp and the domino effect in terms of industry support that caused, Toshiba quickly decided to cease its backing of the format it developed and...
- Tags: HD-DVD, Disc, Blu-ray, HD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balm
- Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balmShouldn't there just be a recycle/replacement program in placethe components of HD-DVD players are still modern and reusable??? Be nice, maybe environmentally friendly to 'recall' and replace/reimburse to get this dying tech tree out of consumers' way and back into...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, gift card, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD buyer, poor HD-DVD buyer, card, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balm
- Best Buy said Wednesday that it will send a $50 gift card to any poor soul that bought a HD-DVD player. The tally will run about $10 million in gift cards, says Best Buy in a statement. So if you bought an HD-DVD player before Feb. 23--the...
- Tags: Card, HD-DVD Player, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Nikkei: Toshiba faces $986 million loss on HD DVDs
- Nikkei: Toshiba faces $986 million loss on HD DVDsHD-DVD could had won if ...... the price of the movies where the same as today (ie: the same price of a DVD). The player was already cheap, but the movies were too expensive to buy. Also, they should had released...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Nikkei, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690
- Toshiba's Qosmio line is known for high-end home-theater features (and high prices), and the massive Qosmio G45 is one of our favorite desktop replacements for movie and media consumption. The latest edition, the G45-AV690, tweaks the previous model, the G45-AV680, by adding Intel's new Penryn processors and a third GB...
- Tags: HD DVD, Notebooks, Consumer electronics, Toshiba Qosmio line, silver Qosmio logo, Toshiba Qosmio, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., Qosmio G45
- Product reviews 2008-02-29
- Digital downloads linked to HD disc format war?
- As everyone already knows, the HD disc format war is over, resolved in true domino fashion by Warner Brothers' decision to back Blu-ray exclusively. Most of the studios in the HD DVD camp have now agreed to back Blu-ray, particularly now that Toshiba has announced it will cease pushing the...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, HD-DVD, Movie, Disc, Blu-ray, Studio, HD, DVD Business, Sales Strategy, Hd Dvd, Sales Force Management, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Is Toshiba's HD-DVD laptop feeling blue?
- Is Toshiba's HD-DVD laptop feeling blue?haha love the title+100 points for you!
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, Toshiba HD-DVD, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Is Toshiba's HD-DVD laptop feeling blue?
- Now that HD-DVD has imploded, I've been wondering what will happen to the company's highly-rated Qosmio G45, the first laptop in the U.S. to offer an HD-DVD player and recorder. HD-DVD may be a perfectly good storage format, but let's face it, not many will plunk...
- Tags: Toshiba Qosmio, Retail Version, HD-DVD, Memory, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Corp., Laptop Computer, G45 Series, Hd Dvd, Notebooks, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- 16.3 mln DVDs sold 2 years after DVD was introduced, 8.3 mln HD-DVD and BluRay discs sold 2 years after introduction
- 16.3 mln DVDs sold 2 years after DVD was introduced, 8.3 mln HD-DVD and BluRay discs sold 2 years after introductionSo what is your point?When DVD's came out. You can go to the store, buy a DVD player and start enjoying the experience. With HD-DVD and Blu-Ray (Blu-Ray...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, DVD, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayRE: What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-rayWhy convert? if you have the DVDs then you have the player right? just keep using itNo rush...Assuming one already owns an HD-DVD drive for their PC, there is no reason...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray
- Our friends over at Wired have started a how-to wiki, explaining how to convert one's HD DVDs to Blu-ray - provided you have a Blu-ray burner on hand, and don't mind breaking a law or two (since you'll need to remove the DRM from your HD DVDs before you can...
- Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Option, Hd Dvd, DVD, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- 16.3 mln DVDs sold 2 years after DVD was introduced, 8.3 mln HD-DVD and BluRay discs sold 2 years after introduction
- According to Nielsen Media Research and Adams Media Research, the total high-def software sales for the first 2 years are only half of what standard DVD sales were for their first 2 years. There were 16.3 mln standard DVDs sold in the first two years (1997-1998) and there have been...
- Tags: HD-DVD, Disc, Sales Strategy, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Blu-ray+add-ons%2C+and+free+dev+tools+for+students
- Blu-ray+add-ons%2C+and+free+dev+tools+for+studentsPITAThe arguable benefits of MS tools are arguably offset by the fact that the terms of use require students to be supervised while using them, which in turn means that they are shackled to a timeslot in the school's computer lab.Not a problem with Brand X11.Streamed downloads or...... regular DVDs...
- Tags: HD DVD, Public relations, DVD, Game players, Consumer electronics, Games, Microsoft Corp., HD-DVD, HD-DVD Drive
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- News to know: Vista SP1 benchmarks; HP; Wireless price wars; Apple; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks Larry Dignan: HP: No tech slowdown here AT&T matches Verizon: Welcome to the wireless price wars Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., HD-DVD, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Toshiba Corp., Wireless, Hd Dvd, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Viruses And Worms, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?
- HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?It's all contentWhichever way the studios went, that would be the future. Toshiba was depending on the lower cost of both production and consumer machines to sway the studios, and from a money standpoint, it seemed logical.But the counter by Sony to put...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Hindsight, storage, HD-DVD, Toshiba Corp., disc, DVD, Sony Corp., disk
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?
- On the face of it Toshiba's HD DVD format had a lot going for it. What went wrong? They had parity - or better - with Blu-ray: First to market with a high-def player by 3-6 months A great movie experience with plenty...
- Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., Mempile, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
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