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Toshiba proudly announces $250 Blu-ray player, the BDX2000

Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 8:48am

Ever since HD DVD lost the HD-disc format war, we knew this day would come. Toshiba, co-developer of the HD DVD format, is now offering up its first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000. So why should you buy a player that...

Toshiba wants to join Blu-ray Association. Hell frozen over?

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:20am

The Blu-ray/HD DVD war was over and forgotten a long time ago, but one company has been just refusing to get over it. Slowly but surely, Toshiba is accepting that the world is moving on. They announced a few weeks...

Chinese variant of HD DVD beating Blu-ray on its own soil

Kevin Hall

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 11:44am

Blu-ray may have triumphed over HD DVD here in the US, but in Japan — home to sushi, Human Tetris and Sony's Blu-ray format — the war still rages, and with a surprising contender. Known as CBHD, or China Blue...

Samsung announces pricey 5th-generation Blu-ray player, the BD-P2500

Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 6:59am

The reality of Blu-ray being the video medium of the future is starting to sink in now that the wave of fall product announcements is cresting. Samsung's latest player, the fifth-gen BD-P2500, is pretty much the company's most advanced...

SHIFT: What are your favorite tech toys? (no iPhones, please)

Stewart Wolpin

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 4:07pm

As a technology writer, I'm often asked what gear I've chosen to open my metaphorical wallet on. In many cases, though, my choices aren't necessarily the best in their class. For instance, I got cheap and bought a 50-inch...

SHIFT: HD DVD is dead, but who's the biggest loser?

Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 2:57pm

When Warner Bros. announced in early January that it was pulling the plug on the release of HD DVD discs and going solely with Blu-ray, everyone could read the writing on the wall without even squinting. Last week, speculation...

Peer Review: RIP HD DVD and other reflections on the format war

Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 7:24am

So HD DVD is officially dead, and we're more than a little pleased— as of a few months ago there was no end in sight for this tiresome format war. Last week teary commenters were bemoaning the death of...

Toshiba rolls out updated Gigabeat, iPod owners snicker

Adario Strange

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 2:29am

The recent news that Toshiba just put a stake through the heart of the HD DVD format may have distracted you, but don't forget that the company also just announced the launch of a remodeled Gigabeat media player called the...

Toshiba officially kills HD DVD

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 6:31am

And so it ends — not with a whimper, but a bang. Well, an official announcement, anyway. Toshiba said today it would stop developing and building HD DVD equipment, killing the format and handing victory in the HD-disc format war...

HD DVD appears to be, at last, dead

Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 8:00am

Do you hear that sound? It's the fat lady, and she's singing for HD DVD. If you're one of the unfortunate people who gambled on an HD DVD player while the format war was still raging, I have bad news...

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Toshiba proudly announces $250 Blu-ray player, the BDX2000

Toshiba wants to join Blu-ray Association. Hell frozen over?

Chinese variant of HD DVD beating Blu-ray on its own soil

Samsung announces pricey 5th-generation Blu-ray player, the BD-P2500

SHIFT: What are your favorite tech toys? (no iPhones, please)

SHIFT: HD DVD is dead, but who's the biggest loser?

Peer Review: RIP HD DVD and other reflections on the format war

Toshiba rolls out updated Gigabeat, iPod owners snicker

Toshiba officially kills HD DVD

HD DVD appears to be, at last, dead

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