semi-official HDTV thread? (attn: mikey)
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How do you get a 150" TV through the front door? I met a guy in Cabo San Lucas once who owned an oil company and lived in a suburb of Denver. The night before he left for Cabo he had a party and his employees gave him a gunrack that was too big to fit in the front door. They got very skunked and he enlarged his front door with a chain saw -- in a snowstorm.
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From: par•a•dox
Originally Posted by http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12704.cfm
HD-DVD hardware sales plummet
Ever since movie giant Warner Brothers defected and sided with the Blu-ray camp, its been an uphill battle for those involved with rival HD-DVD. Just weeks after the announcement of WB switching sides, NPD data shows that hardware sales for HD-DVD came to a virtual halt. The NPD Group recorded Blu-ray as having an astounding 93% sales advantage.
According to raw data provided by NPD, consumers bought just 1,758 HD DVD players the week of Jan. 12, down from 14,558 players the week before. In contrast, consumers bought 21,770 Blu-ray Disc machines, up from 15,257 the previous week. The NPD however, would not confirm or deny the actual sales figures and labeled them as proprietary.
Ever since movie giant Warner Brothers defected and sided with the Blu-ray camp, its been an uphill battle for those involved with rival HD-DVD. Just weeks after the announcement of WB switching sides, NPD data shows that hardware sales for HD-DVD came to a virtual halt. The NPD Group recorded Blu-ray as having an astounding 93% sales advantage.
According to raw data provided by NPD, consumers bought just 1,758 HD DVD players the week of Jan. 12, down from 14,558 players the week before. In contrast, consumers bought 21,770 Blu-ray Disc machines, up from 15,257 the previous week. The NPD however, would not confirm or deny the actual sales figures and labeled them as proprietary.
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From: par•a•dox
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm
R.I.P. HD-DVD 
TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.
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From: par•a•dox
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9874320-7...l?tag=nefd.lede
Paramount/Dreamworks are the last holdouts.
Universal chooses Blu-ray
Clearly seeing the writing on the wall, Universal said today it will drop its support for HD DVD and instead produce its high-definition films on Blu-ray Disc.
Clearly seeing the writing on the wall, Universal said today it will drop its support for HD DVD and instead produce its high-definition films on Blu-ray Disc.
Paramount/Dreamworks are the last holdouts.
