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That reminds me, I still need to build up my HD-DVD collection as I am not going to get rid of my 360 add-on.]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacam
Educate yourself, please.]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
anyway, Betamax WAS used professionally (I actually had 4 beta editing decks) but isn't much at all anymore. Everyone has long ago moved to Digital, if not HD. (Partially because the analog cutoff...)

so how about you "educate yourself" with information that's not half-a-decade old. (for the record, betacam and betamax are not the same thing, and calling hdcam the same thing as betamax is like saying that records and hard drives are the same thing because they both have "spinning platters")

like Michael Scott said " Wikipedia is where anyone in the world can write whatever they want.... so you know you're always getting the best information!"]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
VHS (Video Home System or Victor Home System) was created by JVC. I dont think they are out of buisiness yet.

Also if you want to look at broadcasting, the Beta wasnt a total faliure, just in the consumer world. But was the standard for years at Broadcast studios.]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
VHS stands for "Vertical Helical Scan" - it's an acronym of the the technology.]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/----
"2. Reasons for the Revision

Net sales are expected to be lower than previously forecast, reflecting the discontinuation of the HD DVD business and the decline in sales prices of NAND flash memories."
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Where does break down HD-DVD figures alone in the linked article?]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
lobbies? you mean political lobby groups/pressure groups?????]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
Trust me, I understand the issues at bay... back in the day I owned both VHS and Beta (and LD too, I must be a format junkie). I'm just saying that for all the HD DVD-haters out there, and there are quite a few, especially on the Engadget boards, that it's a format that works just fine. YES, I'll be investing in Blu-ray too, but in the end, hi-def is hi-def - it all looks and sounds good to me.

Nuff said]]>Mar 19th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
Way to get facts wrong BBC!]]>Mar 19th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
Sony seems to have an institutional predisposition to creating formats and trying to get rich by licensing them. Blu-Ray is only the second I can think of that succeeded—the first was the 3.5" floppy (There were several smaller-than-5.25" floppy formats in the early 80s, but it was hard to convince people to buy a new drive. Apple ended the war by choosing Sony drives for the Mac.)]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 21st 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/My guess is its the former, but I'm not in the US of A so I'm not sure]]>Mar 19th 2008 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
Imagine a set top box that can be acquired on the cheap could play back your 1080p (or 720p) high profile H.264 MKVs over the network.]]>Mar 19th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/
And what's WORSE.... they turned the entire Hi-Def Market over to SONY is already price gouging and screwing consumers.

I'll wait for Option#3 to pop up. SONY didn't loose the beta war because of technical inferiority. THey Lost it cause the were greedy bastards who tried to nickle and dime the market. THAT we all know, has only gotten worse.]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 19th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 20th 2008 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 20th 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/toshiba-projects-669-million-loss-on-hd-dvd/Mar 20th 2008 2:38PM