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Toshiba Chief Executive Officer Atsutoshi Nishida’s decision to pull out of the HD DVD business surprised analysts who thought the format war would go on longer. In a Q-and-A with The Wall Street Journal, Nishida talks about why the timing of the pullout was right, the next generation of standard DVD players and the future of Toshiba. (The Wall Street Journal (free content) 3/3)
Toshiba’s 46LX177 46-inch 1080p LCD, one of the high-performing HDTV sets in the company’s Cinema Series, has a 120 Hz display component, ClearFrame, ColorBurst, 14-bit internal digital-video processing and PixelPure 3G. The set, which weighs in at 77 pounds, also features an Ethernet port that allows users to connect to a home’s computer network. (HDTV News 3/3)
Blu-ray’s victory in the DVD format war will lead to drastically reduced prices in the disc player from its current range of $350 to $400, says the Blu-ray Statistics News Log Web site. The trend will be fueled by chipsets’ moving closer to a commodity. (Dealerscope 2/29)
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