Toshiba brings first HD-DVD player to Japan
 

Thought this was interesting.

On Friday, March 31, 2006, Toshiba started the Japanese rollout and (read about it here):

I wonder if they'll be doing something similar here?

EDIT: Forbes is reporting here that the Toshiba HD-XA1 is "selling like hotcakes" at 110,000 yen ($936).

There is already a mail in coupon for $25 of movie cash for HD DVD with the purchase of any HD DVD player so they are trying it.

Ahh the irony. One of the titles to be given away is Resident Evil, a movie based on a video game franchise that was launched on the original Sony Playstation, and a title that likely sold a lot of hardware for Sony.

Cool!!!

I for one can't wait to watch Moonlight Jellyfish.

I am a forgetful fool. HD-DVD movies are region locked right?

They apparently won't be region locked at launch, but that may change.

Your ordering one from Japan?

Na. I might get one, but not preordering.

I was just joking kind of because of the name of the movie.

By the way, does anyone know what "Moonlight Jellyfish" is about?

DVD Active has one of the only reviews I could quickly find online.

I might do it since my wife is going over in a month to visit her family.

This is what may ultimately keep me from buying either format, regardless of who ends up pulling ahead. Its the constant "for now" that's attached to every thing.

So I can connect it to my projector that only has component...for now. And then I have a finite library or a paperweight.

Isn't Resident Evil a Sony/Screen Gems title?

Domestically, but the distribution rights are different over there.

I think Toshiba owns Pony Canyon so it can release any of the dvd's.The launch was last Friday but I had no time to even see 1 working model.Must look for it this weekend