April 3, 2006
Toshiba Launches HD DVD Players
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Toshiba is now selling the first HD DVD video format players, beating the rival Sony Blu-ray disc format to the market. The new Toshiba HD DVD player is model HD-XA1, priced at about $799 for the United States in April.
The HD DVD format is backed by NEC Corporation of Japan which competes against Sony's Blu-ray disc format, supported by Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, which makes the Panasonic brand products.
Both HD DVD and Blu-ray can deliver high-definition video and can store more data than today's DVDs.
Sony Corporation said it will start selling Blu-ray disc DVD players in the United States in the summer but has not announced a date for Japan sales.
Sony recently postponed until November the sale of its PS3 video game console, which runs Blu-ray discs and was initially promised for spring. Prices have not been announced.
Matsushita has said its first Blu-ray disc player will be available in the United States in September but has not given a date for when it will sell in Japan. The Osaka-based manufacturer said the price was undecided but will be under $1,500.
HD DVD movies are expected to gradually go on sale starting in April in Japan, including "Finding Neverland," Toshiba said, but the selection is initially even more limited than the titles now being promised for the United States. Films available on next-generation video are expected to grow.
HD DVD is backed by Universal Studios and Warner Bros. as well as Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Blu-ray disc is backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Apple Computer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc.
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Didn't you have an article on HVD's (Holographic Versatile Disk) that were going to make these disappear pretty quickly?
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