DVE HD DVD Delayed Again?!

[dialog_gvf]

Supposedly from the Ultimate AV CED blog:

I ran into industry icon Joe Kane at Warner's Total HD glitz and glam event, and among tha many things I learned in the conversation was that the HD DVD version of Digital Video Essentials is on hold again.

Joe said the disc was authored and ready to go into replication when the Toshiba HD-A2 came out and threw the proverbial monkey wrench into his plans. Although DVE plays on all of Toshiba's first-gen HD DVD players, it wouldn't go in the HD-A2.

As if that weren't bad enough, Joe turned a non-calibrated color of green when I told him that Toshiba had just announced another new player, the $599 HD-A20, for a Spring release.

Joe Kane can't produce an HD DVD that works on all players?!

Anyone else thinking this?: Second thoughts

Gary

[JTK]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Supposedly from the Ultimate AV CED blog:

Joe Kane can't produce an HD DVD that works on all players?!

Anyone else thinking this?: Second thoughts

Gary

Either that, or he knows HD-DVD's long term prospects are highly dubious, so why even bother?

[hyperdine]

Yep. It's just not worth it. Universal finally figured it out and I think other people are too...