Now would be a good time for Toshiba to release the HD/DVD hardare and specifications to open source :)

People could use it to make HD disks from their HD camcorders, or backups of their valuable Blu-Ray library ....

People could use it to make HD disks from their HD camcordersYou can do that now using ordinary DVD burners and media, albeit limited to the standard disk capacity.

It's still a great platform for the indie film makers, and amateurs. I think this will keep it alive long after digital downloads have killed Blu-Ray(and they will).

Now would be a good time for Toshiba to release the HD/DVD hardare and specifications to open source

Now that would kill Blu-Ray FAST. If there were no royalties for manufacturing hardware or discs, you can bet it both players and software would be cheaper. The BDA will have "won" by putting all its money on the table, but Toshiba could have the last laugh by making money irrelevant. Talk about SPITE.

BTW, I LIKE this idea. :cool:

Well its getting more and more open source with news like this:

http://kotaku.com/364152/xbox-360-hd-dvd-emulator-drops-from-2999-to-free

Do It!

+1. Nice idea.

You can do that now using ordinary DVD burners and media, albeit limited to the standard disk capacity.

I wonder if it's possible to fit a 90 to 100 minute movie encoded as HD DVD on a standard red laser (dual layer DVD) at 720p? If so then that opens all kinds of interesting options for those with HD DVD players. :)

I hope Toshiba does that. It will allow small players to produce inexpensive players.

Silliest idea I've ever seen here. No one's going to make hardware, no one's going to release software, with or without royalties, and if they did no store would sell it. No market for it.

Let's also not forget that Toshiba didn't have to pay itself royalties and was still losing HUNDREDS on every player, plus essentially paying the entire cost of releasing software.

Heavily subsidized and came nowhere close to being financially viable. Removing the financial support and 90% of an already tiny market is not a recipe for success.

Now that would kill Blu-Ray FAST. If there were no royalties for manufacturing hardware or discs, you can bet it both players and software would be cheaper. The BDA will have "won" by putting all its money on the table, but Toshiba could have the last laugh by making money irrelevant. Talk about SPITE.

BTW, I LIKE this idea. :cool:


Yeah, and it's all about Toshiba getting the last laugh, right? I mean, the end game wasn't to have movies in Hi Def. It was for Saint Toshiba to beat mean ol' Sony. :rolleyes:

Spite, indeed. Silly, ridiculous, immature spite.

Sorry, this discussion happened weeks ago now in more than a couple threads. Lets move on.

larry