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R.I.P.: 토시바 HD DVD

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief February 20, 2008 · 1 min read

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드디어 공식화되었습니다. 토시바는 '베타맥스 주소'를 제시하며 HD 시장을 포기하고 플레이어와 레코더 생산을 중단할 것이라고 최근 보도 자료에서 발표했습니다.

토시바 코퍼레이션은 오늘 HD DVD 전반의 전략에 대한 철저한 검토를 수행했으며, 더 이상 HD DVD 플레이어 및 레코더를 개발, 제조 및 판매하지 않기로 결정했다고 발표했습니다. 이 결정은 최근 시장의 주요 변화에 따른 것입니다. 하지만 토시바는 토시바 HD DVD 제품 소유자 모두에게 계속해서 완벽한 제품 지원 및 애프터서비스를 제공할 것입니다.
소니의 블루레이 기술에 맞선 긴 그리고 비싼 전투였다. 게다가 마이크로소프트가 모든 Xbox 360 HD 플레이어에 HD-DVD를 사용하며 토시바를 강력하게 지원했다니.
이 점의 좋은 점은 저희 같은 제3세계 국가들은 피해를 입는 고통을 겪지 않을 것이라는 것입니다. 우리는 항상 도입이 늦어서, 이것이 완전히 여기에 도착할 무렵에는 이미 판도가 결정된 후입니다. HD DVD만 경험해 봤고 블루레이는 아니었습니다. 아마 내년 구매품은 저가형 블루레이 플레이어가 될 것 같습니다.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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16 Comments

Adena Soderman · 15 years ago

Compelling blog post you have hereabouts. I hadn’t thought-through such.

Mitsch · 18 years ago

Hi! I’m working in a company providing blu ray solutions among other things for content providers, film studios, tv networks, etc. If you know of any content provider, etc. who wants to accelerate having interactive and web-enabled movies in blu ray discs, let me know. Thanks!!!

Joenel Umal · 18 years ago

The name HD-DVD i think sounds kinda old, it’s like putting a prefix to DVD, so next will be ED-DVD for “Extreme Definition DVD” even worst SD-DVD “Supreme Definition DVD”, so i guess it’s just cooler to use Blu-Ray…

Kiven · 18 years ago

Doh. FYI the Xbox 360 runs normal DVD/DVD9 discs. Throw away your external HD DVD player though…or sell it to someone living under a rock

As for “Yey for Bluray”, ill wait for prices to drop before singing Sony’s praises to high heavens.

Pft.

naksd · 18 years ago

I have a sense that HD-DVD will be a de-facto standard back there in the philippines like what happened to the VCD, failed at the US, flourished (thanks to the low quality pirates) in asia.

In the meantime, i can buy with confidence a PS3 (soon, sana….)

JC John SESE Cuneta · 18 years ago

Yes! FINALLY! The war is over.

Okay, now they can start importing Blu-Ray, I’m all for Blu-Ray ever since anyway, but I don’t want to spend money until it is clear which tech will be widely accepted.

Now it is finally clear. BLU-RAY IT IS!!

And lol, Abe, I am curious, have any info of any tech wars that ended? Except for VHS and Betamax ofcourse, that case is very different (VHS suing Betamax…)

It seems this is the first tech war where someone surrendered.

Go Blu-Ray!!

(Go FLOSS! [Free/Libre Open-Source Software])

jhay · 18 years ago

Finally it’s settled. Now we just have to wait what will Microsoft do with the XBOX 360? Switch over to Blu-Ray? Will it mean that discs for that console can also be played on the PS3? :P