El juego ha terminado.... La batalla ha llegado a su fin...
"Toshiba acaba de hacer público de manera oficial, a través de una nota de prensa en su página web, el abandono del formato HD DVD. El cese de la producción tanto de reproductores como de discos en dicho formato es inmediato. Los productos distribuidos actualmente en las tiendas serán retirados de aquí hasta finales del mes de Marzo de 2008.
Y con esta noticia se pone fin a una larga y no menos absurda guerra en la que dos formatos intentaron hacerse con el mercado de la alta definición en los hogares de los consumidores.
Blu-Ray ha ganado la batalla."
"Toshiba acaba de hacer público de manera oficial, a través de una nota de prensa en su página web, el abandono del formato HD DVD. El cese de la producción tanto de reproductores como de discos en dicho formato es inmediato. Los productos distribuidos actualmente en las tiendas serán retirados de aquí hasta finales del mes de Marzo de 2008.
Y con esta noticia se pone fin a una larga y no menos absurda guerra en la que dos formatos intentaron hacerse con el mercado de la alta definición en los hogares de los consumidores.
Blu-Ray ha ganado la batalla."
Y aquí el comunicado oficial en inglés:
Toshiba announces discontinuation of HD DVD businesses
Company remains focused on championing consumer access to High Definition content
TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.
HD DVD was developed to offer consumers access at an affordable price to high-quality, high definition content and prepare them for the digital convergence of tomorrow where the fusion of consumer electronics and IT will continue to progress.
"We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. "While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality."
Toshiba will continue to lead innovation, in a wide range of technologies that will drive mass market access to high definition content. These include high capacity NAND flash memory, small form factor hard disk drives, next generation CPUs, visual processing, and wireless and encryption technologies. The company expects to make forthcoming announcements around strategic progress in these convergence technologies.
Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.
This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.
Toshiba also intends to maintain collaborative relations with the companies who joined with Toshiba in working to build up the HD DVD market, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for future business opportunities, utilizing the many assets generated through the development of HD DVD.
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm
Toshiba announces discontinuation of HD DVD businesses
Company remains focused on championing consumer access to High Definition content
TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.
HD DVD was developed to offer consumers access at an affordable price to high-quality, high definition content and prepare them for the digital convergence of tomorrow where the fusion of consumer electronics and IT will continue to progress.
"We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. "While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality."
Toshiba will continue to lead innovation, in a wide range of technologies that will drive mass market access to high definition content. These include high capacity NAND flash memory, small form factor hard disk drives, next generation CPUs, visual processing, and wireless and encryption technologies. The company expects to make forthcoming announcements around strategic progress in these convergence technologies.
Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.
This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.
Toshiba also intends to maintain collaborative relations with the companies who joined with Toshiba in working to build up the HD DVD market, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for future business opportunities, utilizing the many assets generated through the development of HD DVD.
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm
Yo pues qué decir... En realidad me daba igual quién ganase esta absurda pelea que desde el principio no ha hecho más que confundir al consumidor, pero si tenía que elegir un ganador ese era el Blu-Ray simplemente por el hecho de que tengo una Playstation3, la cual compré para jugar y que además lo trae integrado, y no me apetecía tener que gastarme otros cientos de €uros que es lo que cuestan los reproductores de alta definición actuales en uno para el otro formato.
Me jodía bastante esta batalla en realidad porque había películas que deseaba tener en alta definición y sólo existían para HD DVD (The Pianist o King Kong, por poner un ejemplo) y supongo que ahora las reeditarán en Blu-Ray, o al menos eso espero.
En fin, que por hoy soy feliz. Me levantado con una buena noticia (no tan buena para los que se gastaron la pasta en un reproductor del otro formato) y espero que me lleguen más durante el día.
¡Besos para tod@s!
Me jodía bastante esta batalla en realidad porque había películas que deseaba tener en alta definición y sólo existían para HD DVD (The Pianist o King Kong, por poner un ejemplo) y supongo que ahora las reeditarán en Blu-Ray, o al menos eso espero.
En fin, que por hoy soy feliz. Me levantado con una buena noticia (no tan buena para los que se gastaron la pasta en un reproductor del otro formato) y espero que me lleguen más durante el día.
¡Besos para tod@s!
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Friki! xDD
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