Toshiba and NEC are BACK with HD DVD+! The War is Not Over!

**kamspy** · 04-01-2008, 12:32 AM

Fear not HD DVD lovers! Toshiba is back in action and Sony is going DOWN!

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The HD Battle is not over : HD-DVD+ arrives !

Toshiba, NEC and Memory-Tech to hold three-day HD DVD+ showcase to spotlight progress in next generation HD DVD standard after HD-DVD failed against Sony Blu-Ray.

Toshiba and NEC confirm 2008 launch of HD DVD+ hardware Pony Canyon announces commitment to launch HD DVD+ discs

Tokyo - Toshiba Corporation, NEC Corporation and Memory-Tech Corporation today announced a three-day "HD DVD+ Showcase" that will present the latest advances in the HD DVD+ format to over 500 key executives from Japan's entertainment industry. The three companies, proponents of the new High-Definition DVD format ("HD DVD+"), will host the event from July 26 through 28, 2008 in downtown Tokyo, providing leaders from major Japanese movie studios, animation film creaters, broadcasting, music and publishing industries and the retail sector, with a total venue for experiencing the impressive advances HD DVD+ has achieved as it moves toward its 2008 launch as the next-generation DVD standard.

"HD DVD+ means the death of the Sony Blu-Ray" declared Toshiba Chairman. Sony did not want to do any declaration about the Toshiba surprising new support release. Project was classified top secret inside Toshiba Head Quarter. Some says that HD-DVD+ was in fact the second generation of the HD DVD standard and it should has been released between 2010 and 2012. But the victory of Sony changed parameters...

The Tokyo showcase will shine a light on the very latest hardware prototypes supporting the format, including HD DVD+ players and PC ROM drives; demonstration of actual film clips provided by major film studios authored and recorded on to HD DVD+ discs for technical evaluation purposes; and the update of the disc manufacturing status in preparation for volume launch of HD DVD+ hardware and discs when they are commercialized in 2009.

Japan's largest DVD Distributor announces support for HD DVD+
On the eve of the Tokyo event, Pony Canyon Inc, Japan's largest distributor of DVD titles, became the first company in the world to announce its clear support for DVD+. "HD DVD+ is a promising format that will secure continuous growth of the DVD industry as well as bringing about fresh innovation to the consumer experience," said Hideki Oyagi, General Manager, Visual Entertainment Headquarters, Pony Canyon. "We very much look forward to launching HD DVD+ titles at an early stage of 2008, in line with the expected launch of HD DVD+ players and recorders."

Commenting on Pony Canyon's decision, Mr. Yoshihide Fujii, Corporate Senior Vice President and President and CEO of Toshiba's Digital Media Network Company, noted: "We are pleased by this formal announcement of support for the HD DVD+ format by Japan's largest supplier of DVD titles. This is a clear sign of recognition of the benefits and potential this advanced format offers the entertainment industry as the most affordable, the most realistic package media for inheriting and building on the legacy and success of the DVD industry. We are confident we will see a number of major studios and software companies launch titles to coincide with our release of HD DVD+ products in 2008."

Continuity: Extending the successes of today's DVD industry
DVD burst on to the market in November 1997. Toshiba introduced the world's first DVD player in Japan, while a number of international movie studios launched a handful of DVD titles. The rest is history, as the DVD market has grown explosively, to embrace and change the entertainment, consumer electronics and computing industries.

More than 60 million DVD players and recorders were produced worldwide in 2003 alone, and an estimated 800 DVD disc production lines manufacture now more than 240 million discs a month. Digital Entertainment Group of the US reports that 649 million DVD titles were shipped to retailers in the first six months of 2004 in the United States, a huge 52 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. In the US and Japan, DVD revenues exceeded movie theater ticket sales in 2003.

By adopting the same, fully backward compatible design concept as current DVD, the HD DVD+ is the only practical medium that can secure seamless continuity and the sustained success of the current DVD industry. The new HD DVD+ format also assures maximization of business opportunities offered by the appearance of high-definition programming and content that is accompanying the transition to digital broadcasting in the United States and Japan and exponential market growth in large-sized flat panel screens.

"HD DVD+, the successor of HD DVD, will further encourage the convergence of PC and audio visual products, as it realizes crystal-clear picture quality in the personal computing environment," comments Mr. Hiroshi Gokan, Executive General Manager, NEC's Computers Storage Products Operations Unit.

ROM: Key for momentum in the next-generation format
"The success of today's DVD industry clearly indicates that the timely release of movie and audio titles on read-only memory discs will be key to triggering the take-off of the next-generation DVD format," predicts Mr. Shiroharu Kawasaki, President and CEO, Memory-Tech Corporation, Japan's leading disc replicator. "We are working with almost every major studio in the United States and Japan to establish the HD DVD+ format through extensive joint evaluation, and already getting strong, positive feedback from many of these companies."

Memory-Tech installed HD DVD+ disc mass production line at its Tsukuba plant in Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan in May 2008. The facility has a capacity of 720,000 discs a month, and an authoring system is already available for comprehensive disc creation. Production yields have already reached 90 percent, a level practical for volume production of commercial discs and comparable with the 95 percent yield rate of current DVD discs. The flexible convertible line can switch between standard DVD and HD DVD+ production in five minutes.

As the pioneer and the leader of HD DVD+ disc production, Memory-Tech is prepared to disclose and provide its expertise to major disc replicators around the world, in order to support and expedite the early diffusion of this promising format.

http://www.dvdcritiques.com/news/new....aspx?dvd=1877

hatt · 04-01-2008, 12:39 AM

I'll believe it when I see it.

**kamspy** · 04-01-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hatt

I'll believe it when I see it.

It a fact hatt. I think the studios are going to come back. They don't want to be under Sony's thumb.

Liquidx · 04-01-2008, 01:06 AM

Blu Ray is doomed. Mark my words... DOOMED!!!111

iDarren · 04-01-2008, 01:12 AM

Burn Sony Burn you fu*kin# muthafu#*@s

mswoods1 · 04-01-2008, 02:19 AM

Thank god!!! I hate Sony so much. I wish Sony would just go away and die. I'd rather buy an electronic device named Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama than a device named Sony.

iDarren · 04-01-2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mswoods1

Thank god!!! I hate Sony so much. I wish Sony would just go away and die. I'd rather buy an electronic device named Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama than a device named Sony.

Scorched Earth!!! I'd rather watch my movies on a 15 inch black and white telly than support Blu ray. Besides most people can't tell the difference, or just don't care

Joe_news · 04-01-2008, 02:33 AM

Gotta love April Fools Day. :]

**kamspy** · 04-01-2008, 02:35 AM

This is what we've been waiting for guys. Can't wait to pre-order my XA3.

Bring on the twin discs!

The_Omega_Man · 04-01-2008, 03:03 AM

April 1st huh?!? This is just cruel and unusual punishment!

**kamspy** · 04-01-2008, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Omega_Man

April 1st huh?!? This is just cruel and unusual punishment!

This is real. Straight from Toshiba. Didn't you read the article?

The_Omega_Man · 04-01-2008, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kamspy

This is real. Straight from Toshiba. Didn't you read the article?

Yea okay.

I'll tell you whats a real deal, a VUDU for $295 with 1080p/24 support

Best Buy is hawking these things big time! At my local BB, there were VUDU ads all over the place with VUDU units on display in two areas! There were even some VUDU ads stuck on the Sony Blu-Ray end cap display!

Now that was really funny to see!

=Sony!

**kamspy** · 04-01-2008, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Omega_Man

Yea okay.

I'll tell you whats a real deal, a VUDU for $295 with 1080p/24 support

Best Buy is hawking these things big time! At my local BB, there were VUDU ads all over the place with VUDU units on display in two areas! There were even some VUDU ads stuck on the Sony Blu-Ray end cap display!

Now that was really funny to see!

=Sony!

Can you buy the movies? I not keen on paying $6 to watch a movie one time in HD-lite

The_Omega_Man · 04-01-2008, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kamspy

Can you buy the movies? I not keen on paying $6 to watch a movie one time in HD-lite

http://www.vudu.com/

Now don't get me wrong, I am certainly not endorsing this thing, especially after my prior HD DVD evangelism!

But it could be an interesting option for some.

Stew4HD · 04-01-2008, 05:10 AM

Die, Sony, Die!

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