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Home Media Magazine To HD DVD Camp: “Knock It Off.”

Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 by MegaZone

In a column for Home Media Magazine, Thomas Arnold calls upon Toshiba, Universal, and Paramount to ‘knock it off’ and cede the format war to Blu-ray to unify the market. With Warner Home Video dumping HD DVD, the format has … Continue reading →

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Brave Or Pitiful? Toshiba Fights On With HD DVD

Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 by MegaZone

Personally this just seems sad to me in light of all the recent news. I think the decent thing for Toshiba to do is to admit defeat, join the BDA, and get on with devoting their not inconsiderable engineering talents … Continue reading →

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Toshiba Talks Up Their Third (And Final?) Generation HD DVD Players

Posted on Sunday, January 6, 2008 by MegaZone

In a press release that was probably prepared before Friday’s Warner bombshell, Toshiba is talking up their third generation HD DVD players. The players went on sale this fall in time for the holiday shopping season and did sell fairly … Continue reading →

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HD DVD Promotional Group Chimes In On Warner’s Blu-ray Move

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

This is even shorter than Toshiba’s comment: Jan 4, 2008 20:30 ET HD DVD Promotional Group Statement on Warner Home Video Decision to Back Blu-ray LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ — The companies of the HD DVD Promotional Group today … Continue reading →

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Toshiba Comments On Warner’s Blu-ray Move

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

Toshiba didn’t waste any time responding to Warner’s move to drop HD DVD. My summary: “Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Damn that hurts. How are we going to salvage this? Stall for time.” It actually sounds a bit peevish … Continue reading →

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