Comments on: Toshiba Talks Up Their Third (And Final?) Generation HD DVD Players http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/01/06/toshiba-talks-up-their-third-and-final-generation-hd-dvd-players/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/01/06/toshiba-talks-up-their-third-and-final-generation-hd-dvd-players/comment-page-1/#comment-22149 MegaZone Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:44:18 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2008/01/06/toshiba-talks-up-their-third-and-final-generation-hd-dvd-players/#comment-22149 Samsung started shipping the BD-P1400 around the same time, and they've announced the BD-P1500. The BD-UP5000 is only just appearing - and they've announced the BD-UP5500.CES is where these companies announce the products for the coming year, often months in the future (the Slingbox PRO-HD isn't due until 3Q08, for example). And other press outlets have also said they expected Toshiba to announce their plans for the 4th gen at the show. The 3rd gen has been out for several months, considering the product cycles they should have the 4th generation players well along now. 4th gen BD players are being announced now.It looks bad for Toshiba - the lack of an announcement just stands out in light of all the competition announcing their next players. Did they have nothing to say? Did they pull 4th gen player announcements at the last minute while they evaluate the market now? Samsung started shipping the BD-P1400 around the same time, and they’ve announced the BD-P1500. The BD-UP5000 is only just appearing – and they’ve announced the BD-UP5500.

CES is where these companies announce the products for the coming year, often months in the future (the Slingbox PRO-HD isn’t due until 3Q08, for example). And other press outlets have also said they expected Toshiba to announce their plans for the 4th gen at the show. The 3rd gen has been out for several months, considering the product cycles they should have the 4th generation players well along now. 4th gen BD players are being announced now.

It looks bad for Toshiba – the lack of an announcement just stands out in light of all the competition announcing their next players. Did they have nothing to say? Did they pull 4th gen player announcements at the last minute while they evaluate the market now?

]]> By: Ben Drawbaughhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/01/06/toshiba-talks-up-their-third-and-final-generation-hd-dvd-players/comment-page-1/#comment-22148 Ben Drawbaugh Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:11:47 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2008/01/06/toshiba-talks-up-their-third-and-final-generation-hd-dvd-players/#comment-22148 Although I agree that this might be the last generation of HD DVD player, I'm not sure why you'd expect them to announce a new one when they just announced the 3rd gen and in the past 18 months they've already had 3 players. Although I agree that this might be the last generation of HD DVD player, I’m not sure why you’d expect them to announce a new one when they just announced the 3rd gen and in the past 18 months they’ve already had 3 players.

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