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Toshiba goes for DVD upconverters in the wake of it’s format war loss

Even though Toshiba lost the format war with it’s HD-DVD to Blu-ray, the company is still being defiant of reality and attempting to cut into Blu-ray with it’s new up-converting DVD players. This new player is called the Toshiba XD-E500, and uses various video rendering technologies to make DVD’s appear clearer and better quality. [...]

Toshiba releases an improved DVD player

Toshiba has recently launched a new DVD player that they claim will enhance the image of a standard-def DVD. Priced at $149 Toshiba was careful not to compare it to Blu-ray directly. Having lost the format war to Blu-ray, Toshiba never embraced Blu-ray and decided not to offer a Blu-ray player of their own and [...]

Toshiba still not embracing Blu-ray

After losing the HD war to Blu-ray Toshiba has yet to produce a Blu-ray player of their own. Toshiba has hinted that it is working on a super upconverting DVD player that would rival Blu-ray.

Alan Thompson, Toshiba’s European’s CEO, stated “At this present time we are not using Blu-ray. Blu-ray is just one of [...]