T3: Hooray! Toshiba’s cranked out a HD-DVD for less than half the price of the Blu-Ray competition. Hi-Def loveliness has never been so attainable. There’s really no excuse for watching DVDs in dowdy-vision any more, thanks to Toshiba’s affordable HD-DVD player, a snip at £450 (670 euro)!
Despite the budget price, Tosh’s first Hi-Def disc-spinner is no bargain basement job, it packs a feast of features, from picture-in-picture to built-in network connectivity, both of which are lacking from the Blu-Ray playing competition.
The HD-E1 is out now, and there are already 40 films on HD-DVD to sling its way. What’s more, another 60 flicks will hit stores in the first three months of 2007.
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Wellinformed | Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 17:49
Remember 80% of the Consumer Electronics community is for Blu-ray and 7 out of the 8 major studios are releasing titles on Blu-ray. HD-DVD only has 4 out of the 8 major studios releasing on their format. The PS3 (1080p) is coming in March if you can’t afford 1080p right now. It will be about the same price of the HD-E1 (1080i).
HD-DVD has less capacity and less throughput than Blu-ray on top of everything else. Money spent on a short-term format is not money well spent (no matter how cheap it is).
g5sim | Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 19:48
Consumers can either freely decide on the HD DVD format which does the same thing if not better than BD at half the price or they can be intimidated into getting latter with the talk of obsolete format. Remember, studios will follow where the money go. Follow your heart or let others bully you into going against it.