Media thrives on conflict. Hard to write a good story without the old push-pull. So when the video industry entered into its second civil war -- HD DVD vs. Blu-ray -- the consumer press and the trades had plenty of drama and metaphors to work with. Until last week, when Blu-ray accepted HD DVD's surrender at Toshiba headquarters in Japan. The … [Read more...]
Toshiba kills HD DVD format
Toshiba surrendered in the costly high-definition format war Tuesday, officially killing off the HD DVD platform. Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida cited Warner Bros.' decision to go Blu-ray exclusive: "That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to … [Read more...]
‘American Idol’ bakes iTunes a coconut cake
I always dug "The Gong Show," but never had much use for the excitable Fox franchise "American Idol." Man, one Whitney Houston in this world is enough. And why are the hipster contestants always dorks when you get to know them? So the news that the iTunes Store has opened an "American Idol" wing could find a better publicity outlet than this … [Read more...]
HD DVD format off to an early grave
The HD DVD format won't last the week, apparently. The Wall Street Journal's web site broke the story and several other news organizations have advanced it. Format creator Toshiba says no decision has been made to surrender, but spokeswoman Jodi Sally told the Hollywood Reporter that, "Given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba … [Read more...]
New Apple TV is on the air
Apple TV boxes with the new and hopefully greatly improved software are in the stores. An "Inside Apple" newsletter emailed out in the middle of the night announced the availability. Apple customers are invited to test drive the new software at a retail outlet. As expected, the new features include rental of movies and TV shows directly from … [Read more...]
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