Er det bedst for Toshiba at give op?

flemming larsen skrev: toshiba opgiver hd-dvd. http://gear.comon.dk/index.php/news/show/id=15161?utm_source =mobil.nu&utm_medium=crosssite

Ja, så kunne topic endelig komme til rette

Redigeret af goAMinD - 16-Februar-2008 kl. 22:30

recordere.dk bør vel snart skifte farvetema

TOKYO (Reuters) - Investors cheered an impending end to a format war for next-generation DVDs on Monday, pushing up shares of both Toshiba, on the verge of abandoning its HD DVD discs, and Sony, the leader of the rival Blu-ray camp.

Toshiba Corp shares jumped 5.1 percent as analysts praised its decision to cut its losses, while Sony Corp, whose technology is set to become the industry standard for the next generation of high-definition home movie DVDs, rose 2.7 percent.

"It doesn't make sense for Toshiba to continue putting effort into this," said Koichi Ogawa, a chief portfolio manager at Daiwa SB Investments. "It needs to cut its losses and focus its resources on promising businesses.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080218/bs_nm/dvd_dc_1;_ylt=Am1h kw21SpRv0hwWwZhPvOYE1vAI

Despite Red's inability to make any real public statement, Japanese publication Nikkei has it that Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida will be announcing the final discontinuation of HD DVD tomorrow, as well as halted sales of hardware and media by March (as in days from now). Apparently Toshiba will pull its units from retail shelves, but has no intention to give burned early adopters any refunds (no kidding). It sounds like this also includes the actual bare drives for PCs as well, so those hoping to keep using HD DVD as a personal data storage medium probably won't have much luck. Apparently the announcement will come alongside Toshiba's plans to build new semiconductor fabs, which we're sure they'll try to spin as an advancement that far overshadows the hundreds of millions they've lost in the format war.

Hans j skrev: Er der kommet nogen udmeldinger fra filmselskaberne ang. HD-DVD ?

Nej.....

Men rygterne siger  at Universal og Paramount og fri for alle kontraktbindinger, hvis Toshiba lukker ned for HD-DVD (der skal nok ikke den store uddannelse til, at drage den konklusion). 

Spørgsmålet er selvfølgelig, hvor længe de vil støtte HD-DVD og hvornår der kommer BD titler.

Redigeret af Iron Man - 18-Februar-2008 kl. 20:45

Iron hvis du skal have hjælp til din dokumentation:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=995937

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