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Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid
What the heck are you talking about? Yours and my HD DVD player(s) are doorsteps now.
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It drives me nuts when people say this, as if earlier this year my hd-dvd player suddenly exploded or something and no longer plays discs. For being a "doorstop" I sure have been enjoying watching the first season of Star Trek, The Pianist, Heroes S1, Pride & Prejudice, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Forbidden Planet, Scent of a Woman, The Big Lebowski, Breach, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and a host of other titles that somehow still play just fine, and don't exist in blu-ray yet. Nope, I regret nothing about being format agnostic.
As for Toshiba, talk about sour grapes. If they were smart they'd release a blu-ray player so they can at least get some revenue coming in on the current technology. Yeah, downloads will take off eventually, and sadly I don't think even the lower quality will hurt it. Lower quality downloads rule the music market over cds now, and people put up with crappy compression on cable already. But Toshiba is foolish for trying to go it alone and force another format on their own down people's throats. Yeah, I know the HD-DVD Forum is involved, but lately it seems like most of the other companies have decided they're irrelivant to the future.