Well obviously Netflix, BB, and Walmat knew ahead of time, so it makes sense.

I was told from someone supposedly "in the know" that another player is stepping up to the plate on the hardware side to keep HD DVD going. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I don't mind if they got Blu-ray discs all ready to go. But I don't want this to delay There Will Be Blood or Sweeney Todd. And likely this announcement will. I hope that they just release everything that have planned for HD-DVD and then be done with it. I don't want them to pull the plug right away.

Definitely. With such an aggressive exit strategy announced by Toshiba, I would be very surprised if Warner proceeds with its complete schedule of HD DVD releases through May. I am predicting that they will release whatever they already have sufficiently along in the pipeline, since stopping those titles would mean throwing away all of the HD DVD-specific work that is already done, but any titles that are still early in the development cycle will be scrapped for HD DVD, in favor of a Blu-ray-only release.

Where the hell are those $99 Chinese made Walmart exclusive HD-dvd players ???? ANSWERS....I want ANSWERS dammit !!!!

Why would anyone want to do that? There will be no new software to play on it in just a couple of months, and the market for back-up players will be pretty slim. I'm sure most people who want one will be able to get a much better deal on eBay than from any vendor trying to sell new players.

The only official announcement from a significant player(s) has been the market intro of the new HITACHI/Maxwell HDDVD-R software set to be released in Japan shortly. This was prior to Toshiba's announcement but in the making since early November. Samsung are now also focused on Blu-Ray.

I don't have any idea what player would step up, if any, but it will not be a major company, this much is certain.

Pro-B

Eh, that's all I know, chief.

Please continue in the officially dead thread here:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=525541

Thanks.