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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | In about 2 hours it is expected the Toshiba is going to throw in the towel. They are going to cease HD-DVD hardware production immediately and be sold out by the end of March. More details to come.
The sceond season of ST Remastered has been cancelled not simply delayed, apparaently Toshiba was financing the remastering to disc. My guess is that Paramount will soon announce a BD release.
Now who is the big winner here, obviously LG as sales of their Combos should accelerate. What should if anything be done relative to people who have been purchasing HD Discs IF anything. Offer them some sort of trade allowance? Since the decision on this was taken out of the hands of the consumer, and instead determined by resellers, it would seem to be good PR for the parties involved, resellers and Studios alike would get their heads together and come up with a viable plan. But we will have to wait and see.
Personally, I will be purchasing a Combo Deck AND a Combo Drive (for computer), my sympathies to those that have invested heavily in HD, I only have 4 titles.<whew>.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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Registered: May 16, 2007 | Posts: 154 |
| Posted: | | | | This has been everywhere since early this morning:
http://tailrank.com/5117760/Toshiba-pulling-the-plug-on-HD-DVD-already-Yup-it-s-over http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080216100815AAcp4cj http://www.daylife.com/topic/Toshiba
Most posted some 13 hours ago. | | | Attracted to "svelte buoyant waterfowl". | | | Last edited: by Opus T. Penguin |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | And your point is, what exactly. I have been following the developments in this for the several weeks, I have my spies and i knew about Toshiba's plans for quite some time. So what. If you think I report everything I know when I know it...guess again Opus. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
Billy Video |
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Registered: May 16, 2007 | Posts: 154 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: And your point is, what exactly. I have been following the developments in this for the several weeks, I have my spies and i knew about Toshiba's plans for quite some time. So what. If you think I report everything I know when I know it...guess again Opus.
Skip [Redacted] Source considered. EDIT: Thank you all for your support with the green arrows. Much appreciated. | | | Attracted to "svelte buoyant waterfowl". | | | Last edited: by Opus T. Penguin |
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Registered: March 17, 2007 | Posts: 853 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Opus T. Penguin: Quote: Quoting skipnet50:
Quote: And your point is, what exactly. I have been following the developments in this for the several weeks, I have my spies and i knew about Toshiba's plans for quite some time. So what. If you think I report everything I know when I know it...guess again Opus.
Skip
Wow, what the the hell? Relax. You said in 2 hours at 9:43pm. It's been everywhere since this morning.(Actually months) I didn't accuse or make any assumptions about anything. Jumping on me for no reason now makes me think maybe you feel guilty for some reason. Best thing you could do is NEVER talk to me like that again. I did nothing to provoke you or anyone else. Updating a post WITH links so people could read them is reason for YOU to jump on me? I expect a full apology immediately.
OMG you red arrowed me for my post? Are you kidding me? For useful links with accurate information and you freak out? Wow. I'm speechless . I am sorry, I could be wrong, but are you making a threat Opus, because that is how it sounded to me? |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | While I considered your post offensive Opus, I did not throw a neg at you, not my style.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
Billy Video |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,911 |
| Posted: | | | | Skip... a word of warning... all those Combo drives / players have been nothing but problematic on both formats. I would avoid them like the plague. Also, if you have not jumped in head first at this point, there is no real need to get a combo drive / player as all previously released HD DVD exclusives will surely find their way to the blu-ray disc format. | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... | | | Last edited: by NewEnglander |
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Registered: May 16, 2007 | Posts: 154 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: While I considered your post offensive Opus, I did not throw a neg at you, not my style.
Skip And I find you and your post extremely disrespectful. | | | Attracted to "svelte buoyant waterfowl". |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,117 |
| Posted: | | | | Will DVD Profiler keep supporting HD-DVD profiles if no more titles will be released? |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,372 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote: And your point is, what exactly. I have been following the developments in this for the several weeks, I have my spies and i knew about Toshiba's plans for quite some time. So what. If you think I report everything I know when I know it...guess again Opus.
Skip I have my spies as well. One very reliable one has reported just about everything there is to report on the subject including his latest: Toshiba expected to pull plug tomorrow; end sales by March Now if I were really a wise guy (or an a-hole) I would say the OP should have used the search feature and not start yet another thread to discuss the same thing... guess it's a good thing I'm not that kind of guy |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 1,339 |
| Posted: | | | | agreed - the search function would not have even been needed, this is the top 4 threads in the proper forum... HOME THEATER DISCUSSION | | | -JoN |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,917 |
| Posted: | | | | I suspect that DVDP will continue to support HD-DVD until they go the way of the Laser Disc (ie: nobody has 'em anymore) |
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Registered: May 16, 2007 | Posts: 154 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting ruineddaydreams: Quote: agreed - the search function would not have even been needed, this is the top 4 threads in the proper forum... HOME THEATER DISCUSSION You are correct. Top 4 all discuss this. | | | Attracted to "svelte buoyant waterfowl". |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 1,339 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote: I suspect that DVDP will continue to support HD-DVD until they go the way of the Laser Disc (ie: nobody has 'em anymore) at this point i figure they'll just remain as a legacy feature... I doubt Ken would take the trouble to remove them... | | | -JoN |
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Registered: May 8, 2007 | Posts: 823 |
| Posted: | | | | It hasn't been official but it's been known for the past several days, starting when Netflix, Best Buy, then finally Wal Mart announced that it was dropping HD-DVD. | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." | | | Last edited: by Grendell |
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Registered: May 8, 2007 | Posts: 823 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Opus T. Penguin: Quote:
And I find you and your post extremely disrespectful. Your post wasn't offensive, it was informative. That is blatant reputation system abuse. Admins, are you watching? | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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