BitBurners.com » toshiba http://www.bitburners.com We Burn a Bit! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The High Definition DVD FAQ v0.81 released http://www.bitburners.com/articles/the-high-definition-dvd-faq-v081-released/3969/ http://www.bitburners.com/articles/the-high-definition-dvd-faq-v081-released/3969/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:23:43 +0000 ljpp http://www.bitburners.com/articles/the-high-definition-dvd-faq-v081-released/3969/ Blu-ray logoToshiba made the announcement that they will ramp down the HD DVD format, so the so called war in between the HD DVD and Blu-ray is finally and officially over. Supporters of the HD DVD format are naturally disappointed, but in general this is good news for the consumers. Now nobody has to speculate which format to choose, and the whole industry, including vendors and content producers, can focus on Blu-ray. This should result in improved selection of movies and hardware on the market. They wasted quite a bit of time battling against, which has slowed down the adobtion of the high definition video, so obviously their next target is to push Blu-ray into mainstream format.

With a very convenient timing, the most complete and comprehensive  High Definition DVD FAQ (this does not refer to HD DVD, but high definition formats in general) has been updated by the author Xiao Fang. The latest edition contains a lot of updates regarding the end of the so called format war, plus other additions. Be sure to check it out – excellent reading!

Version 0.8.1 (compared to version 0.8.0)
- Updated list of mirrors
- 1.2: Format war (ending) related updates
- 2.1: Format war (ending) related updates
- 2.6: Format war (ending) related updates
- 3.1: Added links to DigiWiki entry and BD/HD Buyer’s Guide, Format war
(ending) related updates
- 3.3: Updated info about Warner’s new Blu-ray exclusive stance, Format war
(ending) related updates
- 4.1: Added links to DigiWiki entry and BD/HD Buyer’s Guide, Format war
(ending) related updates
- 4.3: Updated info about Warner’s new Blu-ray exclusive stance, Format war
(ending) related updates
- 7.2: Added link to BD/HD Buyer’s Guide and updated info about Warner’s new
Blu-ray exclusive stance, Format war (ending) related updates
- 7.2.1: Updated info about Warner’s new Blu-ray exclusive stance, Format
war (ending) related updates
- 8.1: Format war (ending) related updates
- 8.2: Added link to BD/HD Buyer’s Guide, Format war (ending) related
updates
- 8.3: Format war (ending) related updates

]]> http://www.bitburners.com/articles/the-high-definition-dvd-faq-v081-released/3969/feed/ 4 Toshiba throws in the towel – Blu-ray wins http://www.bitburners.com/articles/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel-blu-ray-wins/3968/ http://www.bitburners.com/articles/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel-blu-ray-wins/3968/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:01:12 +0000 ljpp http://www.bitburners.com/articles/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel-blu-ray-wins/3968/ Blu-ray logoWe said it some time ago: The format war is over and now according to a Reuters Toshiba is throwing in the towel. One has to wonder how much money and effort was wasted on this struggle, as from the beginning it looked very obvious that Blu-ray is the stronger contender. For some reason the biased media wanted to raise hype over the so called ‘format war’, bash Sony/Blu-ray and give unrealistic hope for the HD DVD format. I can’t count the number of times that I read articles saying that it is ‘Betamax vs. VHS all over again for Sony’.

One has to wonder why two camps had to be formed, instead of every major vendor on the market to combine their efforts in order to deliver the best possible format for the market. Even Microsoft had to get involved and mix things up by showing some support for HD DVD, most likely just to piss off Sony, their main console rival at the time.

Things are actually looking bright for Sony. The critique against PlayStation 3 has ‘mysteriously’ silenced recently. The game lineup has improved, and PS3 has been proven to be very good in high definition video playback and has received praising reviews from home AV magazines recently. The sales are up, and for the first time PS3 sales exceeded Xbox 360 sales in January.

So the battle against the HD DVD is officially over, but the real war is to push Blu-ray to become a main stream format. It will be a hue challenge for the Blu-ray camp, so it will be interesting to see how they will proceed now that they don’t have to worry about HD DVD anymore.

]]> http://www.bitburners.com/articles/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel-blu-ray-wins/3968/feed/ 1 Toshiba SDD http://www.bitburners.com/software/toshiba-sdd/3948/ http://www.bitburners.com/software/toshiba-sdd/3948/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:53:35 +0000 ljpp http://www.bitburners.com/software/toshiba-sdd/3948/ Firmware updates for Toshiba recorders, including but not limited to the following models:

SD-R5112, SD-R6112, SD-R5002, SD-R5372, SD-R5372V, SD-R6012, SD-R6012, SD-R1312, SD-R1412, SD-R1512, SD-R2212, SD-R2312, SD-R2412, SD-R2512, SD-R1202

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