Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/11/41 11:36

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:12:20 -0500, Allan
<Spamsucks@darkbuffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> Gave us:

>http://hometheater.about.com/b/a/232792.htm
>
>January 04, 2006
>
>CES 2006 News: Toshiba Shows Off First HD-DVD Players
>Finally, concrete evidence thats HD-DVD will actually arrive on store
>shelves. Toshiba has presented two HD-DVD players, HD-XA1 and HD-A1 at
>CES. The two players will land on store shelves in March, 2006. Both
>models will play back HD-DVD discs at either 720p or 1080i through the
>HDMI connection interface. Both players will also be compatible with
>standard DVDs, with the ability to upscale standard DVDs to 720p or
>1080i. This means that not only will HD-DVDs look great on your HDTV,
>but so will standard DVDs. The HD-XA1 will have an MSRP of $799 and
>the HD-A1 will have an MSRP of $499.
>
>It must be noted that the HD-XA1 and HD-A1 are HD-DVD Players, they do
>not record. HD-DVD recorders will be announced at a later date.
>

I'll bet that 20% of them fail within the first 18 months of use.
Also that said failure will be the laser diode.

This low MTBF is ALSO why there aren't any "recorders" yet.
The higher powered diodes fail so fast, they haven't even made it out
of the development labs yet.

I wouldn't buy into this market for at least three years, until it
proves itself. Especially not at those inflated prices. They want
you to pay for their further research. Pretty lame, that.

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