I don't think they're canceling because HD-DVD is no longer supported by Toshiba. It may have more to do with the many issues Samsung has been experiencing with their HD players, specially their combos.
I'm sure you are right. The fact that HD-DVD is a dead format and will be adding an additional unnecessary and unwarranted cost to both Samsung and the customer cannot be the reason.
Paris, there is still a market for combo HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players, and there will be for quite a while. I highly doubt people want to re-buy their HD-DVD movies for Blu-Ray, right? People just absolutely LOVE wasting there money.
Anybody who invested in HD DVD knew FULL WELL they might have had to buy their movies on a different format once a winner was declared.
People might not love wasting *their money, but the people who threw theirs at HD DVD knew that it could end up in the toilet. There is no market for combo players, the cost of manufacturing, designing, shipping etc. would not be covered back by the fraction of consumers eager to buy one.
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Rob @ Mar 6th 2008 11:54AM
I don't think they're canceling because HD-DVD is no longer supported by Toshiba. It may have more to do with the many issues Samsung has been experiencing with their HD players, specially their combos.
Paris @ Mar 6th 2008 2:22PM
I'm sure you are right.
The fact that HD-DVD is a dead format and will be adding an additional unnecessary and unwarranted cost to both Samsung and the customer cannot be the reason.
Zeus.:God @ Mar 6th 2008 5:10PM
Paris, there is still a market for combo HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players, and there will be for quite a while. I highly doubt people want to re-buy their HD-DVD movies for Blu-Ray, right? People just absolutely LOVE wasting there money.
Chebwa @ Mar 7th 2008 2:00AM
Anybody who invested in HD DVD knew FULL WELL they might have had to buy their movies on a different format once a winner was declared.
People might not love wasting *their money, but the people who threw theirs at HD DVD knew that it could end up in the toilet. There is no market for combo players, the cost of manufacturing, designing, shipping etc. would not be covered back by the fraction of consumers eager to buy one.