November 1, 2007

Surprise, Surprise - We Don’t Want HD-DVD (Yet)

by Piers Fawkes

200711011023Long time readers may have remembered how we kicked up a bit of a fuss about the launch 2-horse next-gen race between BluRay and HD-DVD. We wondered what the point really was and why people would really want a better quality DVD when downloads were becoming more prominent. Turns out that the rest of the world - or at least Japan - feels the same. The FT reports that Toshiba has said that sales of next-generation DVD recorders in Japan would fall far short of initial estimates - down 66 per cent from 400,000 to 135,000 units to March 2008.

Slow burn or failure? What do you think?

FT.com / Companies / Consumer industries - Toshiba downbeat on DVD recorder sales
Related PSFK: Rat Race For The Next Disc Format (May 2005)

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One Response to “Surprise, Surprise - We Don’t Want HD-DVD (Yet)”

  1. Todd
    Posted from: 66.111.140.247

    November 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    Rumor has it HD-DVD will reach critical mass in the US this holiday season with players starting as low as $199. What do you think?

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