Another Hit on Blu-ray: Toshiba Backs Movies on Memory Cards

What movies? What DRM?

Part of the reason I won't buy Bluray is the DEM and the fact that it's made by Sony. Toshiba, a company that ONLY seeks to help the consumer is in the lead here. This will destroy Bluray utterly and we'll be able to copy movies as soon as the DRM is cracked. Toshiba saw the writing on the wall and will back this format because:

They lost a bloody patent war. That's all HD-DVD vs Blu-ray was, a patent war. Sony talked a bunch of manufacturers into joining a consortium (BDA) to split revenue rather than be Toshiba's lackeys. Toshiba responded with HD-DVD and went the way most single manufacturer formats go, into the grave.

So to anyone that thinks different, or is young enough (or possibly stupid enough), to not remember DVD prices and problems during the early years please don't speak about things you don't understand. At best you look like a fool, at worst like a liar. Blu-ray is already selling awful well (especially in this economy) and will uptick slowly as the prices fall. DVD was the same way, and it's got to burn the wild hair on Toshiba's backside in.

Joe Servov of WI @ Jan 01, 2009 14:39:01 PM

Don't be such a silly Sony troll

The unfortunate fact is that high def on disc is not making anyone any money.

So the rather childish idea that 'Toshiba are not going for Blu-ray out of infantile spite' is fatuous in the extreme.

Blu-ray is such a nmon-profut making sink-hole that Sony have reduced themselves to writing off the vast sums spent in R&D anbd now rather laughably count only day-to-day production costs.

Of all people Toshiba are well aware that there is no money in high def on disc.

It's a niche product for a tiny segment of the market; the minute number of a/v purists and the idiot PS3 fanboys who believe the hype.

No-one else cares.

DaveBG @ Jan 01, 2009 00:31:34 AM

This isn't all too different form the VUDU concept. Just a different backer I suppose. I'm ure this would evolve into a "download it at home" service.

nypcdoc of NY @ Dec 31, 2008 19:23:37 PM