Toshiba postpones HD-DVD till March 2006

[zombie]

Sorry this is only a very rough translation of a news article. Still looking for an English version.

Originally posted by Rio @ AVS:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...20156000c.html

This article is printed
The next generation DVD: Toshiba postponing the American sale to March of next year
The next generation DVD (the digital multi use disks) with Toshiba which promotes "HD - DVD" system set the policy of postponing sale of the re-gray fabric in the United States which plans within on the 31st and year to March of next year. American Hollywood which supplies the software movie industry and the like "as for the Christmas trade war we would like to concentrate on the software sale for the existence DVD", that, because early of the next generation machine disapproval has been shown in sale, with you say.

Toshiba SONY and the like next spring, "the blue ray disk (BD)" before selling the re-gray fabric of system, was the thought of liking to spread the HD machine, but it is the shape which makes strategic correction unavoidable.

Centering on the next generation DVD, the HD camp and the BD camp in fact, gave up standard standardization. Hollywood two minutes has done in HD support and BD support, but Warner and Paramount Motion Pictures etc. which state HD support to March of next year the policy of not selling the movie software for the HD machine. Toshiba in Japan according to schedule is the intention where we would like to sell the re-gray fabric within year, but because the powerful software is not sold, there is also a possibility finally of postponing.

Vis-a-vis this, from the BD camp "as for Hollywood feeling concern about the failing together due to standard separation, it started taking distance from the HD camp", that voice has risen, the Toshiba American sale postponement may produce delicate effect to also standard standardized problem of the next generation DVD. < Hiroaki Ueda >

Everyday newspaper 2005 September 1st 3:00

[lifeboat]

An English article that confirms this is at

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...TOSHIBA-DC.XML

Eric Klien
http://lifeboat.com

[zombie]

Thanks lifeboat.

[erdega79]

Hddvd is just delayng inevitable. They could either make a deal or be left out.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by erdega79

Hddvd is just delayng inevitable. They could either make a deal or be left out.

Agreed. I believe Toshiba's delay is only to allow them more time to join the BDA and get a fraction of the BD profits. I think we all know that without the earlier launch, HD-DVD has no advantages.