Adding fuel to the HD-DVD Fire

[dogger114]

Check out the link about people returning HD-DVD players

http://gizmodo.com/342988/are-black-...rning-players-[updated-toshiba-responds]

[Living Near Shamu]

I saw about 5 that were returned to a local BB the day after Warner announce Blu exclusivity

[bluperch]

The comments are great. There's some negative HD DVD fanboi-ism, but they're saying they'll wait for downloads (meaning, even they admit HD DVD is dead).

[Whytewash]

No that is not true!!! Dont you remember, HD DVD was going to win the war once everyone opened their A2s that were under the tree! Their attatch rates are huge remember? remember?

[Luis_A51]

Its obvious this was gonna happen. It was all over the news.

Its also obvious that the Toshiba reps comments were a desperate lie.

Anyways, im sure retailers will discontinue carrying HDDVD soon enough. Probably after the christmas return period expires, so they dont get flooded with those A2s.

[user friendly]

Funny thing is, there isn't supposed to be any talk of HD DVD in the general section.

[Kai200X]

Toshiba Says Buyers Aren't Returning HD DVD Players for Blu-Ray

By Fred Fishkin and Rochelle Garner

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Toshiba Corp., the main backer of the HD DVD standard for new video-disc players, said customers aren't returning their purchases in favor of devices that use Sony Corp.'s competing Blu-ray format.

While industry support for HD DVD has shrunk, sales of the players remain ``robust,'' said Jodi Sally, vice president of marketing for Toshiba America.

``I've heard of no return issues at all regarding this,'' Sally said yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg Radio from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Time Warner Inc., the largest publisher of DVD titles, said last week it will stop offering movies with Toshiba's high- definition technology. By the end of May, the studio will only sell high-definition DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray standard. The decision gives Sony a boost in the industry's biggest format war since VHS beat out Betamax in the 1980s.

``There's no doubt about it, it was a surprise to us,'' Sally said. ``Warner being a partner with Toshiba for many years, it certainly was shocking.''

Walt Disney Co. and News Corp.'s Fox already back Blu-ray. Video players using the Sony format outsold HD DVD by 2-to-1 in the first half of 2007, according to Home Media Research.

Toshiba will continue to support the HD DVD format for home video players, Sally said.

Funny they still deny it, but everyone can see that coming.

[dadkins]

Originally Posted by Whytewash

No that is not true!!! Dont you remember, HD DVD was going to win the war once everyone opened their A2s that were under the tree! Their attatch rates are huge remember? remember?

Yeah! What Whytewash said! Uh huh... remember?

[DViper2399]

Saw this quote on that link thought it was hillarious, (in case you didn't go to the link it's about HD-DVD players that are being returned:

"My A3 is staying put. I need it to keep the dust off the Sony BR player underneath it. "