Toshiba Starts Selling High-Def DVD Player

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: March 31, 2006 8:46:28 AM EST
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Subject: Toshiba Starts Selling High-Def DVD Player


      Toshiba Starts Selling High-Def DVD Player
      - Mar 31, 2006 07:30 AM (AP Online)

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer


TOKYO (AP) -- Toshiba began selling the first players using the
next-generation HD DVD video format Friday, beating the rival Blu-ray
disc format to market in a high-stakes competition to deliver
theater-quality movies to living rooms.


Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said its HD-XA1, priced at
about 110,000 yen ($936) is the world's first commercially available
HD DVD player. The product, which has no recording function, is being
promised for the United States in April at about $799.

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      - http://www.quote.com/home/news/story.asp?story=57182952



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