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Can anything save HD DVD?

After Warner's move to the Blu-ray camp, is there any chance HD DVD will make a come back and declare victory? Crave UK wrote an interesting article on what the HD DVD group could do in order to try and regain some of the market share they have lost. Anyone want to buy a major movie studio?

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wetowel6622d ago

If toshiba throw on another price drop maybe they could survive. Paramount is pumping out some killer movies lately like, transformers, transformers 2, ironman, cloverfield, just to name a couple.

Hopefully paramount will come blu-ray so i can get transformers on bluray finally.

whoelse6622d ago

They cant cut prices by too much now as they wont make any money.

BrianC62346622d ago

Anyone who buys an HD DVD player because Toshiba drops the price even more is a fool. Price drops like this are just showing you're desperate. I don't think it will fool most consumers though. Most consumers aren't ready for HD yet. The people who are ready are more likely to know what's going on. If you've held off this long to see which format will win then you know HD DVD is dead and a price drop means nothing. In fact, a price drop would tell you don't waste your money. It's just one last chance for Toshiba to get some money out of the players they already made. Buy a Blu-ray player or a player that plays both formats.

AceLuby6622d ago

Those fire sales selling the machines at sub $200 levels were all sold below cost. Yes they lost money on every one of those sold, yet disc sales were unaffected by this due to the PS3's blu-ray effect. They are basically giving them away and can't even get back to 60/40 disc sales. Now at 85/15, there is no chance they come back.

beoulve6622d ago

did you see start a rumors saying Warner is coming back to HD-DVD. Yeah he is trying as hard as he could.

whoelse6622d ago

Which studio would move sides now?

That would be 10 times more stupid than Paramount.

season0076622d ago

and can they bring it back to 99.99?
never, its unsmart to cut it too low

cow moolester6622d ago

The only thing that can save HD DVD is Jesus...think about it...Toshiba sign an exclusivity deal with the Pope and Jesus makes his second coming EXCLUSIVELY on HD DVD.It'd be in 1080pope and have full 7.1 True HD Sound.
Included in this exclusivity deal would be the sequel "Messiah 2: Crucify this".

Together they would sell 72 billion HD DVD Players.Since there are only 6 billion people actually living on Earth, this amount of players sold would obviously be quite a blow to Blu-Ray.

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Keebmon’s “keyboard PC” promises RTX eGPU gaming - backers want proof

Darryl Linington from Notebookheck writes: "Keebmon is a crowdfunded foldable workstation concept that combines a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 PC, a 13-inch ultrawide touchscreen, and a low-profile mechanical keyboard in a single aluminum device."

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Sony has patented a touchscreen controller that lets players choose where to put the buttons

Standard controllers aren’t comfortable for everyone…

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Flawlessmic31d ago

As an accessibility option for those that need it im all for it. As the standard control for ps6 helllll noo, touch controller would be the absolute worst.

Eonjay31d ago

Reading the patent itself this does seem to be intended with accessibility in mind as it attempts to solve comfort issues that some users have with overall size and placement. Im completely fine with the current layout but its nice to know this option is there. It is intended to allow customers the ability to resize the controller to there liking even those the company may not manufacture that size. So, its cool to see they are thinking like this even though this product may not be for me. I would still love to see it release and see the potential use cases.

Goodguy0131d ago

Digital will always be worse than physical buttons for 99% of gaming lol.

DivineHand12531d ago

This is interesting not only for accessibility reasons, but as a way to give players more control over their in game characters for core gamers.

I remember seeing the Tactus pop up buttons at CES 13 years ago and I was excited for the technology but I am not aware of any devices that used it.

The way gaming controllers are presented today is great, but I will always advocate for innovation in giving players more control and increased immersion.

MetalNCarnet31d ago

Terrible idea. For most games, you need to feel the physical buttons because you're not looking at the controller. I hope they aren't serious.

fr0sty30d ago

Unless they've worked out a way for tactile feedback so you can feel them. Perhaps little air bladders that could inflate when a button is placed in that position, placed under a flexible screen? Maybe it wouldn't be the best controller for all of us, but I know people who have medical conditions that make holding traditional controllers very uncomfortable with their default button layouts, this could help them.

Duke1931d ago (Edited 31d ago )

More accessibility options is never a bad thing, but man I hate that all electronics seem to be pushing touchscreen controls on everything.

They are just garbage

badz14930d ago

We are at the point in time when touch screen controls are cheaper to make than physical buttons. Just look at modern cars. More and more system controls are moved to the central screen now that all new cars come with screens. It's downright ironic too, considering just not that many years ago, people were warn to not use their phone while driving. Now all controls are moved to the central screen that you can't help but looking at screens while driving.

fr0sty30d ago

EXCEPT trying to connect your phone, lol. They make you stop to do that. But the big screen that is every bit as distracting as a phone, it's cool.

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G'AIM'E Review - Lightgun Fun on the Flatscreen - MP1st

GAIME review - The G'AIM'E console is shipping now! MP1st spent some time with it & have our review ready. Is lightgun gaming back for modern displays?