Blu-ray vs. HD DVDs: a winner (maybe) emerges
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Yeah, I went and brought 2 used 60gb Ps3 last month. The one to get is the 60gb wich you will have to find in the used circuit. The 60gb was the one with all the bits and pieces it came with built in wireless network, mini card slots for pictures and hardware support for old ps2 games. The New 80gb has these features but the ps2 support on the 80gb is now software emulation which is never as good as hardware. Here is story.
Also check out this and go to retail configurations to see what each console came with.
Another good thing about getting a ps3 as a Blue ray player is that whenever there is update for blue ray, the PS3 is able to do a firmware update to handle such improvements Like the recent update to Blue ray profile 1.1.
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Report: Toshiba May End HD DVD Format
Sunday February 17, 12:29 am ET
Kyodo Reports That Toshiba May End Its HD DVID Video Format; Now Competes Against Blu-Ray
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese electronics maker Toshiba might withdraw its HD DVD next-generation video format, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday.
The report cited unidentified individuals from the industry as saying Toshiba Corp. is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later, depending on U.S. demand for its HD DVD products and other factors.
Calls went unanswered at Toshiba Corp.'s Tokyo office, which was closed for the weekend.
HD DVD has been competing against the Blu-ray technology, backed by Sony Corp., other makers and five major Hollywood movie studios.
Recently the Blu-ray disc format has been gaining market share, while Toshiba has been forced to slash prices to sell its HD DVD machines. A Toshiba pullout would signal the almost certain defeat of HD DVD to Blu-ray.
On Friday, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest U.S. retailer, said it will sell only Blu-ray DVDs and hardware and no longer carry HD DVD offerings.
The announcement came five days after Netflix Inc. said it will cease carrying rentals in HD DVD. Several major U.S. retailers have made similar decisions, including Target Corp. and Blockbuster Inc.
Last month, Warner Bros. Entertainment decided to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject HD DVD.
Warner Bros., owned by Time Warner Inc., had been the only remaining Hollywood studio releasing high-definition DVDs in both formats.
Both formats deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, but they are incompatible with each other, and neither plays on older DVD players.
Only one format has been expected to emerge as the winner, much like VHS trumped Sony's Betamax in the video format battle of the 1980s.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080217/japan_toshiba.html
Report: Toshiba May End HD DVD Format
Sunday February 17, 12:29 am ET
Kyodo Reports That Toshiba May End Its HD DVID Video Format; Now Competes Against Blu-Ray
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese electronics maker Toshiba might withdraw its HD DVD next-generation video format, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday.
The report cited unidentified individuals from the industry as saying Toshiba Corp. is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later, depending on U.S. demand for its HD DVD products and other factors.
Calls went unanswered at Toshiba Corp.'s Tokyo office, which was closed for the weekend.
HD DVD has been competing against the Blu-ray technology, backed by Sony Corp., other makers and five major Hollywood movie studios.
Recently the Blu-ray disc format has been gaining market share, while Toshiba has been forced to slash prices to sell its HD DVD machines. A Toshiba pullout would signal the almost certain defeat of HD DVD to Blu-ray.
On Friday, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest U.S. retailer, said it will sell only Blu-ray DVDs and hardware and no longer carry HD DVD offerings.
The announcement came five days after Netflix Inc. said it will cease carrying rentals in HD DVD. Several major U.S. retailers have made similar decisions, including Target Corp. and Blockbuster Inc.
Last month, Warner Bros. Entertainment decided to release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject HD DVD.
Warner Bros., owned by Time Warner Inc., had been the only remaining Hollywood studio releasing high-definition DVDs in both formats.
Both formats deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, but they are incompatible with each other, and neither plays on older DVD players.
Only one format has been expected to emerge as the winner, much like VHS trumped Sony's Betamax in the video format battle of the 1980s.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080217/japan_toshiba.html
Killerdrgn
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Yeah HD-DVD is 100% dead microsoft has stopped making players for xbox 360's.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23323919/
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Yeah some articles say to wait until christmas when the players prices should be coming down due to economies of scale now that hd-dvd is out of the race.
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Yeah it'll probably start coming down immediatly but Christmas will probably be the lowest price of the year.
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