EzyDVD In Receivership
Love or hate EzyDVD it’s sad to see that that the retailer is now in receivership with trading losses of around $3 million over the last couple of years. The receivers say that the retail stores will continue to trade normally for the time being.
Kogan Region Free Blu-ray Player for AU$349
According to the website of budget electronics distributor Kogan, they have a region free Blu-ray player available for order from their online store. While it only supports BD Profile 1.1, being region free and relatively cheap makes it hard to beat.
In the early days of DVD it was the budget, region free players that really sold the format so hopefully this will be the one of many such Blu-ray players in the near future
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Downloads, anyone?
The eventual demise of all DVD formats has been a constant theme over the last couple of years. Many people are predicting that Blu-ray has left it’s run to late for anyone to care.
Online DVD retailer EzyDVD seem to agree. They are in the process of launching a new site that will allow users to download their movies to either rent or buy. A site to watch I think.
Check out http://www.ezydownload.com.au for more information
Toshiba Concede Defeat
Last night Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida officially announced that his company would no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players. “We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” he said.
Bye Bye HD-DVD?
Later this week, Toshiba are expected formally announce that they have lost the HD DVD war. An unnamed source within the company has indicated that Toshiba are currently planning their exit from the next generation DVD business.
Since Warner’s announcement that they would drop support for HD-DVD at the start of the year, U.S. majors Netflix and Wal-Mart have followed suit leaving little retail support for the format.
A spokesman for JB Hi-Fi said that it would “…be very surprising if they [Toshiba] made that announcement that quick.”
I guess we’ll wait and see but I can’t see any real future for a format with no retail presence…
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