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Toshiba to retreat from HD-DVD

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February, 2008 (, , , , )
Posted in HD, Tech News

Reuters reports that Toshiba, one of the main backers of the HD-DVD technology, is planning to pull the plug on HD-DVD for good. An anonymous source stated this and also noted that an official announcement could arrive as soon as next week. HD-DVD received it’s first major blow last month, when Warner Bros announced it [...]

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High Definition DVD Is Failing

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January, 2008 (, , )
Posted in HD

While sifting through some news articles on the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, I came across an interesting article written by Clint DeBoer over at Audioholics.com. Admittedly, it’s a slightly older piece (and perhaps a bit biased), but still very current. Clint portrays his 10 reasons for the failure of HD media. In a [...]

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Dvorak’s 5 minute podcast

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November, 2007 (, )
Posted in New Media

John C. Dvorak has started a new podcast called Tech5 and is hosted at PodShow. It’s a daily 5-minute thing in true Dvorak style. From the Tech5 homepage:
“I’ll include special reports, interviews and lots of trend analysis. One or two tidbits alone can make this the most important five minutes of you life.”
Play these online [...]

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