Toshiba to exit HD DVD market

Looks like the final nail really is in the coffin for the HD DVD camp ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL1627196120080216

 

Toshiba should sue every one dumping the format........there's some legal recourse here.

But I still won't support Blu ray AT ALL.

 

It doesn't matter. Regardless of which format "won", neither is ever going to surpass DVD. There will be a new format thats actually WORTH supporting long before there would've been enough time for either to saturate the market.

I just hope its holographic storage next.

 

It will be Holographic storage next.

 

The next format are video downloads, every company from apple to sony is already creating a system of their own for that purpose.

The physical format is dead...

No one but toshiba will get his ass sued since they created the format and they are the ones dumping it after convincing god knows how many other companies into investing in this thing instead of bluray.

Anyway, is just me or this feels a lot like when the Dreamcast was cancelled? I dont really care since I dont have a HDDVD, but the whole killed-before-primetime reminds me a lot to those ugly days of march 2001...

 

Wrong!

Just wrong people still want to physically own something.

Somebody is going to get sued in all this though mark my words

 

Yeah but you're not counting the fatass-factor, as in "jenny is too fatass to walk or even drive to blockbuster, so she'll rather download it on her new appleTV".

Get it?

 

Fat ass would also be too lazy to figure out how to use said apple TV.

 

Nah, they would figure it out...

You clearly have no idea of how lazy a fatass can be, or how far they will go to avoid actual body movement.

 

Most fat asses tend to still have VCRs

 

it's strange that they'd stop production completely - I remember reading an article where they raised a valid point, that HD-DVD would be utilised in the PC market more, to replace DVD at the moment as a cheap, consumable storage option - as blu-ray equipment tends to cost more to produce seemed a viable and obvious plan B. this news that they are axing completely... slightly bizarre.

 

Thats why I said it reminds me a lot to the Dreamcast, since that cancellation came out ot nowhere, just like this one.

To draw a paralellism here, I remember back then the DC was all about SegaNet, which included consoles free with the service (kinda like how sat companies do with DVRs) and even set-top boxes from different brands with DC tech built-in, which is my opinion could be the wave of the future for consoles, since the most costly part (getting the hardware to buyers) could be taken out of the picture.

There was a lot of stuff going on and it was just weird when they pulled the plug, since they had enough stuff for years to come.

Becos they cant handle optical media when they have weiners for fingers!:lol:

Thats why DoD is the solution for fatasses: they will never be able to handle those tiny holo-cubes of the future (or use hoverboards for that matter)

 

Shadowlayer is fat?

 

Nah, I'm just making fat jokes, thought it was funny.

I was just going to start making hoverboard jokes, hence the mention there.

 

Clash of the titans. GodofHardcore Vs Shadowlayer.

 

Biggest problem with digital distribution at this point is its still in the rental stage, meaning you can only keep a movie for a small period of time. If they can just make a service that allows you to keep movies on a hard drive and figuring out the license issue, then it has a chance.

 

Indeed, in fact thats the kind of MPAA crap that keeps this market in the ground for now.

But I agree with many that believe Bluray is the last popular physical format, and that after it everything is going to be content downloadable to either HDD and NAND storage.

 

I think we have a lot of physical media left before it vanishes completely. People like to own things.

 

As soon as BluRay goes away as well, I'll be happy. Only the PS3 can keep up with all these "profiles" (pick a spec and stick to it!) but who knows for how long (unless/until you have to buy a new one after so much time). Utter crap.

DVD-9 and HDD (Seagate's CEO knows) FTW!

 

I'd love to know who decided that physical media is dead. That's load of shit. These companies don't understand that downloads are popular because you can get pretty much anything you want for FREE. Would I bollocks pay for a download album. I want the actual thing in my hands. I want to see the booklet. I want to enjoy the graphics. I want to actually know I own it.

None physical media is good for one thing, FREE DOWNLOADS ! Also what happens if your none physical media player/device fucks up? At least with a CD there's a chance to repair it or you could even back it up. Unlikely you'll be able to back up none physical media. And then what happens when they all move on to a new format? It's not like a video tape where you can still play it. These new download services will more likely than not need a net connection and once hat service is closed your data will probably be useless.

Downloadable items is NOT the way forward as far as music and movies go in my view.

Yakumo

PS: What about special box sets etc? You can't download those.