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images/news/dvd.jpgMONTHS AFTER BLU-RAY was declared the victor in the hi-def video format wars, the loser Toshiba has revealed that it is working on something that will replace it.
The Japanese media is all a buzz with rumours that Toshiba is working on an upgrade for existing DVD technology which will offer video quality comparable to that produced by Blu-ray.
Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun claimed the technology could be in the shops in six months.
Enhanced DVD players will be a lot cheaper than Blu-ray players, according to the sources.
It gets worse. The new DVD player will be backwards-compatible with standard DVD disks. It manages to achieve what it is supposed to do by using a newly-developed large scale integrated circuit chip to convert the stored video.
All sounds like good news, however if it was so wonderful then why did Toshiba spend a fortune trying to push its HD-DVD format on the world plus dog?
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The Japanese media is all a buzz with rumours that Toshiba is working on an upgrade for existing DVD technology which will offer video quality comparable to that produced by Blu-ray.
Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun claimed the technology could be in the shops in six months.
Enhanced DVD players will be a lot cheaper than Blu-ray players, according to the sources.
It gets worse. The new DVD player will be backwards-compatible with standard DVD disks. It manages to achieve what it is supposed to do by using a newly-developed large scale integrated circuit chip to convert the stored video.
All sounds like good news, however if it was so wonderful then why did Toshiba spend a fortune trying to push its HD-DVD format on the world plus dog?
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