Category Archives: Formats

Toshiba launches HD DVD consortium

Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 by MegaZone

Toshiba, Sanyo, NEC and Memory Tech yesterday formally opened the doors for the HD DVD Promotion Group, positioning the consortium head to head with the Blu-ray Disc Association in the battle for the hearts and minds of content providers, hardware … Continue reading →

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Thomson to enter HD DVD market

Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 by MegaZone

Thomson announced Friday it that it will enter the HD DVD market with a line of players and that it will also manufacture HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.

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Disney to support Blu-ray Disc

Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2004 by MegaZone

Disney is weighing in on the next-generation DVD format battle with its support of the Blu-ray Disc format. Nice! Disney’s library carries a *lot* of weight. This is all the ‘Disney Classics’, all the Pixar films (Oh, I’d love a … Continue reading →

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Toshiba, Memory-Tech unveil new disc

Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 by MegaZone

In an effort to ease the transition to higher-capacity disc technology, Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a dual-layer disc that supports DVD and HD DVD formats. This is decent news for the HD-DVD camp, but I don’t think it is … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2014

Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 by MegaZone

I originally saw this mentioned in elfs. It is a speculative look into the future of media as a Flash presentation, with some mentions of TiVo – EPIC Oh – while I’m at it, a reminder that I stopped posting … Continue reading →

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