http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba launching Blu-ray player by year's end http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Even toshiba couldn't bring them down

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I wouldn't be surprised to see Sony fracture into separate companies in the next few years, it may actually be better for them in the long run.]]>Jul 18th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
You sound like Churchill talking about Hitler.


(Not Verbatim)
"Let's not assassinate Hitler, he's doing a better job of destroying Germany than we are"]]>Jul 18th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/except for killing jews, he pretty much caused a Germany to have a boom in technology and engineering, if he wasn't so damn greedy and racist, he would have been a good leader]]>Jul 19th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
facepalm...oh gah'd]]>Jul 19th 2009 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
hehe.]]>Jul 18th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
How about: "The model number of the company's first BD deck is BD 18".]]>Jul 18th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
really they need to compete with torrents.]]>Jul 18th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
We don't live in the "real" world. In the real world the huge majority of people still buy and rent discs. No company is going to base their pricing on the tiny minority. Well... no successful company.]]>Jul 18th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
As to Sony as a BD player maker, they already said they won't really compete on price, they see themselves as a premium player maker. Good luck with that I say. I'm sure Samsung will be glad to have my money.]]>Jul 18th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
While Sony says that they are not going to play the low price game, in fact they are. One of the main points behind the PS3 since day one was that it is a low price Blu-ray player when compared to players at the introduction of the PS3. So low it was selling below cost and many people (including myself) bought a PS3 solely for BD use. Here we are nearly 3 years after the introduction of the PS3 it is still selling for a loss, and with the cost of non-PS3 BD players dropping, so has the number of PS3 sales.]]>Jul 18th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
Consoles are often sold below cost. Even if they don't have BD drives in them.

I don't disagree that Sony will eventually decide they have to make a cheaper Blu-ray player, but I don't think the PS3 is any indication of this.]]>Jul 18th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/1) People who wanted a BD player and not a game console can get a cheaper player in a different device
2) The price point of the PS3 in comparison to the 360, especially when cross-platform games look the same on the 360 and PS3
3) The price point of the PS3 given the current economic conditions
4) People are waiting for a price drop

2, 3, and 4 may seem like the same, but if you look at them individually they are different factors keeping people from buying. The NDP numbers compared to the same period from last year show around a 50% drop YOY for the PS3 (a few high-profile games were released last year at this time which gave it a boost, so you really can't do a direct comparison), and yes the other factors are contributing to the decrease, but we have seen a steady decline in sales over time as the price of other BD players have dropped. The PS3 is a very good player, I would say the best, but many people who just want to play movies cannot justify spending $400 to get a game machine with BD support when they can buy a player only for less than $200.

As for the Wii, there I think it is because it is reaching a saturation point. A small portion is because the 360 is $50 cheaper, but they cater to vastly different markets so that is a very, very small factor in the Wii sales dropping.]]>Jul 19th 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
Hey you what they say.. "If you can't beat em, just join em"...
Suckers!]]>Jul 18th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 19th 2009 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/Jul 18th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/toshiba-launching-bd-18-blu-ray-player-by-years-end/
Also, 'cause no one else is bringing Blu-ray Recorders to the US yet.

Somehow this process isn't as elegant:
Record on TiVo HD -> Xfer to Mac (takes a few hours) -> open .tivo file (takes 5-10 min for some reason) -> trim down to just the show -> export to Blu-ray -> burn.

It should be:
Record on DVR -> edit start/stop times (don't care about commercial editing) -> burn to Blu-ray 'cause it's already recorded in the proper format to max out quality and space on the BD-R/RE.

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