Toshiba confirm plans for Blu-Ray powered products
Toshiba has announced that they are going to launch Blu-Ray technology powered products in the coming months.
The company would launch standalone players along with drives and laptops.
The first generation products from the company could go on sale as early as later this year.
Toshiba incidentally was the company [...]
Toshiba set to launch Blu-Ray media players?
Toshiba was the company behind the HD DVD format which challenged Blu-Ray for the next generation storage media format.
Toshiba lost the war to Sony as they gave up and discarded the HD DVD format.
The latest reports in the media claims that the company would finally enter the market [...]
Latest Sharp AQUOS BD LCD TV comes with Blu-Ray player inbuilt
Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Sharp has launched their latest range of LCD TVs which features an inbuilt Blu-Ray player.
Blu-Ray technology has won the current generation storage media war against HD DVD but it still has not gained enough popularity.
Customers are more likely to watch online [...]
Wal-Mart pushes Blu-Ray drives to customers
US based retailing giant Wal-Mart has decided that they are going to make the Blu-Ray player more popular amongst the Americans.
Since the format war is now over with the exit of Toshiba from this industry, they now have the clear winner to promote in their stores.
The company said that during [...]
Toshiba staying away from Blu-Ray format for now
Toshiba lost the next generation format war when they announced their exit from the HD DVD industry.
The company had developed the HD DVD format and their exit meant that this format was dead and Sony won with their Blu-Ray format.
However, Toshiba has now said that they are not [...]
Universal Studios set to release Blu-Ray titles
Universal Studios has announced that they would soon release the Blu-Ray edition of their titles.
They were one of the major supporters of the Toshiba’s HD DVD format which is now practically dead.
The movie studio plans to release about 40 titles in the second half of the year.
These would include [...]
Amazon.com offering a $50 credit on HD DVD purchases
Amazon.com has become the latest retail store to offer some benefits to those customers who bought a HD DVD player from their service.
HD DVD format is practically dead now with Toshiba exiting from the alliance.
The online retailing giant is now offering a USD 50 credit to [...]
Circuit City taking back HD DVD players from customers
Circuit City Stores has announced that they are extending the period where their customers can return their purchased HD DVD.
The company said that their stores would now take back the HD DVD players within 90 days of purchase.
Toshiba recently announced their decision to exit from the [...]
Paramount Pictures to end HD DVD support
Paramount Pictures has announced that they are going to release their last HD DVD titles next week.
The company would then switch to the rival Blu-Ray format.
This is primarily due to Toshiba’s exit from the HD DVD format segment. They conceded defeat to Sony in the next generation storage format [...]
DreamWorks Animation to stick with HD DVD for now
DreamWorks Animation has said in a statement that they would stick with the technically dead HD DVD format.
The developers of the format Toshiba has already stated that they have no plans to continue supporting this format.
DreamWorks said that they are currently locked into an exclusive deal to [...]
