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Whichever 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 Blu-Ray in the PS3s worked - people who had consoles eventually started trying out Blu-Ray, and those were the numbers the studios paid attention to.
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HD_DVD could have still won  voska1 | 02/19/08
More like 8-10 years  Michael Kelly | 02/19/08
Pricing is coming down  voska1 | 02/19/08
Blu-ray supports 3D  glocks out | 02/19/08
3D What???  phillip.ruffin | 02/20/08
Supports 3D what????  IT_Guy_z | 02/20/08
I don't think he means 3-D movies  vbp1 | 02/20/08
Holographic Versatile Card (HVC)  Joel R | 02/20/08
Not especially  online@... | 02/20/08
Toshiba already dropped their prices too low  glocks out | 02/19/08
My analysis  darkhamr@... | 02/20/08
No, b/c apparently a third of PS3 owners don't even know it'll Play BluRay  drprodny | 02/22/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  johnay | 02/19/08
Good analysis  MC_z | 02/19/08
Keep in mind...  itpro_z | 02/19/08
About perceiving quality  MC_z | 02/19/08
True, but  A.Sinic | 02/20/08
1080i is the standard broadcast  glocks out | 02/19/08
Europe is heading for 1080p/50  A.Sinic | 02/19/08
1080i is not necessarily better  itpro_z | 02/19/08
Point of order!  mombo3 | 02/20/08
oops, I meant 1080, not 180  mombo3 | 02/20/08
I agree  itpro_z | 02/20/08
incorrect....  phillip.ruffin | 02/20/08
Yes, but...  itpro_z | 02/20/08
1080i is the broadcast standard? Not.  laner1@... | 02/20/08
OTOH, these are the same people who watch cameraphone videos on YouTube  drprodny | 02/22/08
The future  itpro_z | 02/19/08
Partly right  MC_z | 02/19/08
Partly agree  itpro_z | 02/19/08
I have both  Monkey_MCSE | 02/19/08
?  FredOneSaid | 02/23/08
$90 for a VHS tape?  voska1 | 02/19/08
If you will recall...  itpro_z | 02/19/08
$90 VHS Movies  chapy2 | 02/20/08
You Might Also Try Over-the-Air HD  drprodny | 02/22/08
It's all content  coffeeshark | 02/19/08
Advantages?  glocks out | 02/19/08
Huh?  A.Sinic | 02/19/08
1.0, 1.1, 2.0, etc. players...  olePigeon | 02/19/08
On top of that . . .  JLHenry | 02/20/08
CAN YOU SAY, "DRM"?  sean_in_portland@... | 02/19/08
The quality improvement doesn't match with the added price.  Just_true | 02/19/08
LOL, Dude Losen the Foil Hat, let the blood flow to your Brain! NT  JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 02/20/08
It's better to lose hat, than the brains like you. Try to prove I'm wrong.  Just_true | 02/20/08
Great . . .the Tin Foil crowd has arrived . . .(nt)  JLHenry | 02/20/08
When did you get brain surgery? Otherwise you'd write for a reason. (NT)  Just_true | 02/20/08
Troll Alert!!! (nt)  JLHenry | 02/20/08
JLHenry, denying the reality doesn't make you a sane. (NT)  Just_true | 02/21/08
Wow...How Dramatic.  GuyAlanDye | 02/20/08
DVD really don't have DRM  voska1 | 02/20/08
The STUDIOS think they've got DRM, Voska  drprodny | 02/22/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  jrich@... | 02/19/08
I agree  R Harris ZDNet Moderator | 02/19/08
Please elaborate  bmgoodman | 02/20/08
HD/BR both stop-gap solutions.  kraterz | 02/19/08
Where's the bandwidth?  CodeCurmudgeon | 02/20/08
Somebody had to win  CobraA1 | 02/19/08
. . .  JLHenry | 02/20/08
Content really wasn't an issue  voska1 | 02/20/08
I think that . . .  JLHenry | 02/20/08
I agree  FredOneSaid | 02/23/08
Committment  A.Sinic | 02/20/08
What I'd like to see is . . .  JLHenry | 02/20/08
BR -v- HDDVD, nobody really won here.  JonathonDoe | 02/20/08
A couple things . . .  CobraA1 | 02/20/08
You forgot..  ju1ce | 02/20/08
I notice the difference of 720p on a 32" HD set  drprodny | 02/22/08
No one has won yet  jedwards123 | 02/20/08
Better to ask the value of what Sony has won.  Anton Philidor | 02/20/08
Not so much win as avoided loss  MyLord | 02/20/08
dead yes and no  Quebec-french | 02/20/08
dead yes and no  Quebec-french | 02/20/08
Toshiba Should Buy/Promote Mempile  John Westra | 02/20/08
And All the Big Corporate Lawsuits Toshiba Could EVER Want, Too!  drprodny | 02/22/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  bobdahm@... | 02/20/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  jonnjonnzdnet | 02/20/08
Allways LOL, Robin  GuidingLight | 02/20/08
Why did Toshiba fail? Stupid consumers...  Narg | 02/20/08
$90 VHS Movies?  chapy2 | 02/20/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  ju1ce | 02/20/08
it's a lot more than $2  Linux Geek | 02/20/08
Holographic Versatile Card (HVC)  paulw2 | 02/20/08
Of course there's a blue laser in there  pglaskowsky | 02/20/08
Don't forget advertising  kftgr | 02/20/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  neil.postlethwaite@... | 02/21/08
RE: HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  FayeKane | 08/10/08

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