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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,911 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | the big deal in this is it says they are going to discontinue the media as well...
i don't know if that means send backs for those, or fire sales... but i think it absolutely means we are not going to see any "new releases" on the format after tomorrow. | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 172 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am so gald I did not spend an extra 600.00 and get a laptop with a HD DVD drive last February.
I have had my stand alone HD DVD player since 07/06, and have enjoyed it, but all those people that just bought a player before Christmas should be given a refund. It would also be a good move for the studios to release Blu-ray versions of their HD DVDs and offer trade ins to their HD DVD customers. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Toshiba has a press event scheduled for tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 5 PM Tokyo time) | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | to save everyone the hassle... that means....
Midnight - USA West Coast
3am - USA East Coast
8am - London
i think that should at least make it easier for most of our users to figure out when to check the blogs for the official word. | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Japanese news site Nikkei.net has just announced that Toshiba's plan is to immediately stop manufacturing all HD-DVD products (both players and recorders), and to stop selling them at end of March. The official announcement will happen at the press conference set for 5 PM Tokyo time. -- The Digital Bits | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... | | | | Last edited: by NewEnglander |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | ~2 1/2 hours to go... I think I'll wait up for the AP Newswire to come over from the land of the rising sun | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ruineddaydreams: Quote:
~2 1/2 hours to go... I think I'll wait up for the AP Newswire to come over from the land of the rising sun Good. Being an East Coaster that 3:00 a.m. is looking pretty late.  I'll check here in the morning. I'm sure somebody will post a link or two.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 460 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ruineddaydreams: Quote:
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8am - London
i think that should at least make it easier for most of our users to figure out when to check the blogs for the official word. Thank you JoN, it indeed does, kudos! | | | | Jean-Paul |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,338 |
| | Posted: | | | | glad to hear - figured all you in Europe could figure it out based on London... | | | | -JoN |
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