Old news now, I know, but I was busy yesterday.
Yahoo!: Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source
"Entering the final stages" sounds ominously like sitting in your bunker, dust in the air kicked loose from the ceiling by the bombing going on over head, staring moreosely at the little pill in the palm of your hand, but perhaps I'm being over-dramatic.
One expression that seems apt in this case is that it really is all over but for the crying: if anything, the arguments on various HiFi online forums have ratcheted up in amplitude as hardcore fans of the HD-DVD format simultaneously go through the Denial and Anger stages at the same time, telling all who will listen how unfair it all is.
Not everybody is as empassioned though. If you filter out the early adopters and the tech-geek propeller heads, the prevailing sentiment in the marketplace over the course of the format was was apathy. The Stalwart's Joe Wiesenthal displays little sentiment in his HD-DVD player's truncated future:
Yahoo!: Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source
A source at Toshiba confirmed an earlier report by public broadcaster NHK that it was getting ready to pull the plug.
"We have entered the final stage of planning to make our exit from the next generation DVD business," said the source, who asked not to be identified. He added that an official announcement could come as early as next week
"Entering the final stages" sounds ominously like sitting in your bunker, dust in the air kicked loose from the ceiling by the bombing going on over head, staring moreosely at the little pill in the palm of your hand, but perhaps I'm being over-dramatic.
One expression that seems apt in this case is that it really is all over but for the crying: if anything, the arguments on various HiFi online forums have ratcheted up in amplitude as hardcore fans of the HD-DVD format simultaneously go through the Denial and Anger stages at the same time, telling all who will listen how unfair it all is.
Not everybody is as empassioned though. If you filter out the early adopters and the tech-geek propeller heads, the prevailing sentiment in the marketplace over the course of the format was was apathy. The Stalwart's Joe Wiesenthal displays little sentiment in his HD-DVD player's truncated future:
Truth is, I just can't get too worked up over it. In the 9 months or so, since we've had the device, we've probably watched like 10 titles in HD. Part of this had to do with availability and part of it had to do with indifference.
He's not alone by a long shot. Until the CE industry just plain takes DVD away from people, it will remain "good enough" in the minds of many consumers. Not to say that the day when that happens isn't coming...
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