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With that player (which reminds me of the uber-successful Toshiba DVD players in Europe), and with Microsoft having the exclusivity of big soccer games (which means Sony will sell about 5 PS3s in Europe this year), the Blu-Ray will have a really difficult start in the Old Continent.]]>Sep 1st 2006 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/Sep 1st 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/Sep 1st 2006 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/Sep 1st 2006 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/Sep 1st 2006 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/Sep 2nd 2006 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/
It depends on how they source the HD content, but due to the above, there may be a variation in frame rates which consumer HD content will be distributed. However, switching from 25 to 24 fps at point of origination would be a lot easier than to complicate things for the consumer.

As for 48 bit colour, it all sounds great. There are means of getting higher bit rates by scanning film at higher bit rates, but nowhere near 48 bit though. Most films are finalised in a 10 or sometimes 16 bit environment, so...]]>Sep 3rd 2006 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-2nd-gen-hd-dvd-action-for-europe/def. an improvment over the current model.

Cant wait to get it...]]>Sep 3rd 2006 10:34PM