Toshiba, which once vigorously defended the HD DVD high-definition format, Sony finally lost prevailing Blu-ray, will shortly publish Blu-ray player of its own, according to the Japanese paper Yomiuri. Toshiba should be its first Blu-ray player, probably in their home market in Japan, first of all by the year 2010 rolls around. A Blu-ray recorders will also be for Japan, where there are no further information about this device.
Since the end of HD DVD, the company had claimed that it is not a Blu-ray player and upconverting instead on that DVD players would bring to standard DVDs in near high-definition resolution. Most critics believe that the movement was a matter of pride and refuses to re-format of a competitor as soon as a strategic decision.
via engadget
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