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Slow flow of high-def hardware hobbles holiday expectations.

By Susanne Ault New Blu-ray Disc players are now shipping to retailers for holiday sales, but even with the influx, earlier expectations for both the HD DVD and Blu-ray formats are being scaled back. Warner Home...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, hardware, HD-DVD

Research articles 2006-10-16

Toshiba surprises at CES with $500 high-def player: Pioneer, Panasonic Blu-ray players over $1,000.(HARDWARE)(Consumer Electronics Show)

LAS VEGAS--Toshiba, the principal backer of the HD DVD format, planted its stake firmly in the low-end of the high-definition hardware market, unveiling a $499.99 HD DVD player at the Consumer Electronics Show here last week. The new model, d ...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, hardware, HD-DVD, Panasonic, Toshiba Corp.

Research articles 2006-01-09

Knowing when to hold 'em.(HEADLINERS)(HD DVD and Blu-ray business strategies)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * HD DVD has made pronouncements of a fourth-quarter launch to pressure Blu-ray out of the high-definition format war, but with time running out and hardware plans still uncertain, the launch is looking less and less likely ...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, business strategy, hardware, HD-DVD, Paramount, Toshiba Corp.

Research articles 2005-08-15

Chains harbor little hope.

By Jennifer Netherby and Susanne Ault High-def promotion sparse in electronics stores With continued high-definition DVD player delays and no clear leader emerging from the two formats on the market, key electronics retailers are approac ...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, DVD, hardware, HD-DVD, retail company

Research articles 2006-11-27

Questions of faith: the studios have only encouraged the hardware camps to get more committed to their technologies.(Paramount, Universal City Studios Inc. Universal Television Div., Warner Bros.)

With last week's announcement that Paramount will straddle the high-def fence, presumably to be followed in short order by Warner and Universal, the studios abandoned any pretense of influencing the future direction of their business. The res With...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, Earnings, hardware, HD-DVD, Paramount, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Research articles 2005-10-10

New group promotes smooth high-def playback.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)

Software maker Sonic Solutions, a leading provider of DVD authoring tools, has formed a new alliance with hardware makers to ensure that discs created using the advanced inter active features of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD will work smoothly with the n Software maker...

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Research articles 2006-04-24