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February 16th, 2008
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| Teh Brown Staffer  Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS
Posts: 2,281
|  Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... Quote:
It's quite official now. Toshiba has stopped production of HD DVDs and players... they'll be set to make a formal announcement in the next week or so...  - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64 | |
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February 16th, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity  | Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... one major kick in the pants was WalMart siding with BR....  Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.  |
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February 16th, 2008
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| Teh Brown Staffer Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS
Posts: 2,281
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... Quote:
However, they recently announced that they're discontinuing HD DVD product by June. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64 | |
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February 16th, 2008
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| Helper Person In General  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 1,511
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... When the dust settles, I go shopping.  Ron  |
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February 16th, 2008
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| ako the pinoy  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach
Posts: 1,698
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... its betamax nightmare all over again!!! nice find... maybe when it become mainstream then i'll consider Blu... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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February 16th, 2008
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| Audentes Fortuna Juvat  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere south of sanity
Posts: 1,614
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... Quote:
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February 16th, 2008
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| Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA
Posts: 1,716
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... Quote:
Fun fact: Both HD-DVD and Blu-ray use the exact same wavelength blue laser. Go figure on the price differences between the players. Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180 | |
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February 16th, 2008
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| ButtHead  Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 5,192
| Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... I'll wait until the disc prices fall sharply.  |
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February 16th, 2008
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| Colonel Calamity | Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... agreed, I will not be even thinking of going to either format until I actually have a TV or computer or SOMETHING that can actually display it properly. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members. |
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February 16th, 2008
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| I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal.  | Re: Bye Bye Red... hello, Blu... Quote:
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