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Posted by Bob Bohling on 08/07/06 18:38
B.S. - Toshiba is not dying. The reviews for Toshiba so far have been great
for the picture quality.
Blue Ray is having problems though. Sony admitted a chip fault, but Samsung
was trying to keep
from admitting it. Sound and Vision magazine says Toshiba is the "Best HD
Picture They've Seen".
"asj" <kalim1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1153322934.342142.9670@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> LOL...what's that groaning sound you hear? It's toshiba crying as it
> keeps losing money on HDDVD - aka The Living Dead format and as the
> long rollout of blu-ray continues, with disney announcing its releases
> in blu-ray.
>
> HDDVD is selling at half the price of blu-ray, but there won't be any
> content for it (No disney films like Pirates of the Carribbean, no sony
> like spiderman, no MGM, etc) and sales are slow anyways. Plus toshiba
> is making peace noises about merging the formats ;-)
>
> Poor toshiba!
>
> * basking in the cooler NJ weather and checking the web on opera mini
> while keying nature on my trusty ol' Notes:
>
> http://www.rimlife.net/rimlifenet/servlet/RimLifeGateKeeper?your_path=external&id=dusty_notes_usenet4
>
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>
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/9GadCP0txIUjSI/Disney-to-Support-Blu-ray-Format.xhtml
>
> Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is adding steam to Sony's (NYSE: SNE)
> Blu-ray Disc
> push with its plan to release nine films in that format.
>
> Beginning Sept. 19, Buena Vista Home Entertainment will start
> releasing
> select titles, including Walt Disney Pictures' "Dinosaur" and "Eight
> Below," on Blu-ray. Those two movies will feature exclusive
> high-definition
> short films, called Blu-Scape, which were inspired by the movies and
> shot
> by Louie Schwartzberg, who directed "America's Heart and Soul."
> Miramax
> Films' "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "The Great Raid" also
> will be
> released in September.
>
>
> Together, the four films mark the first wave of what BVHE says is an
> ongoing release strategy to support Blu-ray.
>
> A second wave of movies will be available on Oct. 17, including Walt
> Disney
> Pictures' "Glory Road" and "Haunted Mansion" -- both fe
>
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