Toshiba, the former leader of Blu-Ray’s enemy HD-DVD camp, is admitting defeat in the most final way they can: By launching a Blu-Ray player.
The company’s first Blu-Ray/DVD deck should arrive (in Japan first, probably) before Christmas this year, and “sources” say it’ll be called the BD-18 (we think. The Google translation is sort of sketchy). We don’t know anything else about the alleged player, but we imagine some Toshiba exec is sitting in a bathroom stall, crying quietly and cursing Sony. [Yomiuri via Engadget]
John Chapman
July 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM
@InvaderPhlegm – You have said the words that I have said for the last year+++. It *was* a completed product.
Ahh wells….society is full of failures due to money being thrown in the wrong direction…this is just another one.
Report PermalinkI have bulked up my HD collection, sure for 1/2 the cost…but im am glad that I have.
It’ll be a while before a Blu-Ray will grace my doorstep.
John Chapman
July 20, 2009 at 8:32 AM
@Afrobean – so you’re saying the Blu-Ray was ready from day #1? – ok then what about profile 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0???
Report PermalinkHD-DVD was HD-DVD…there was NO profiles, there was no incompatibilities…it just did it all.
I personally am laughing at everything that came out for Blu-Ray until the END of HD-DVD as it was incomplete!
matt
July 20, 2009 at 10:11 AM
hmm, who is going to buy a player from a company the clearly must have nothing but spite for the format?
Toshiba is a great brand though, here’s hoping they bring out players that humble those from the “bluray elite”
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