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"Toshiba will pull its units from retail shelves, but has no intention to give burned early adopters any refunds (no kidding."
xDDDDD Two words: Nice jab. If only I could vote you up.
*light bulb goes off*
*diggs*
What Toshiba should do is give the million people that bought an HD DVD machine a discount on the BR machines they are going to build now.
Toshiba should just give the early adopters a Sony gift voucher...
Speaking of burned, I'll be that's about how the people who bought computers with HD-DVD drives in them (especially laptops)
*I'll bet that's how he people feel who bought computers with them.
Given that the current HD-DVD owners are the only people who would buy combo players, it's easy for them to give "discounts" to HD-DVD adopters who want to move to BluRay.
They'll just make a combo unit, charge a "mere" $600 and say it's a courtesy discount and it would have been $800 otherwise.
business is business...other than customer loyalty, which doesn't seem to matter considering Toshiba loses, I do not think Toshiba should give a refund. sure, i like money and would like a refund, but anyone purchasing into this format war should have known the possible consequences. they've already spent so much into pushing a great format (for the consumer), and unfortunately, they lost.
it's just like an election- you put money towards your candidate, and they either win or lose. if your candidate drops out, you will not get a refund. either way, business is business. i doubt the lack of refund will prevent Toshiba from losing any consumer loyalty. if Toshiba has BD players on the market a few years from now, i believe the lack of refund will not stop someone from purchasing Toshiba's player down the road; they still make quality products.
Exactly, teej. Anyone dumb enough to pick a side in the format war before it was decided had to know the risk. Toshiba owes early adopters a big fat nothing.
I agree, teej.
Toshiba doesn't owe anyone any refunds, or even discounts. Toshiba gave you everything you paid for when you bought HD-DVD. It's not their fault that it lost. People should have known that picking a format during this war came with a risk.
toshiba!! why hast thou forsaken me???
I was one of those Black Friday Walmart purchasers and even though HD DVD is going down the drain, to me it was a pretty wise investment...
Purchased the player for $100 and got 5 free HD DVD's, then soon as Warner backed out, eBayed the player for $150. And just a few days ago got the 5 free DVD's and eBayed those for $50.
HD DVD's over and I sure as hell didn't want to be stuck with a worthless player, however for me was a good run being able to use it for a few months and still make out a worthwhile profit!