HD DVD Titles Not Ready For Launch Date
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:10 pm
If you're planning on buying one of Toshiba's HD DVD players on the 28th, you might want to wait a few weeks. According to Reuters, there won't be any HD DVD titles available.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/tc_ ... hddvd_dc_1
I think this sums up the launch of HD DVD pretty well:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/tc_ ... hddvd_dc_1
Warner Home Video, the only studio that in January had set a firm date, March 28, for its first high-definition DVD titles to arrive in stores, now says it might not be ready in time because of technical problems.
"To be honest, the outlook is tenuous -- we're still coming out with an initial slate, but we may be a week or two later; we just don't know," division president Ron Sanders said.
I think this sums up the launch of HD DVD pretty well:
On the software front, it is unlikely that even a single HD-DVD title will be available for sale this month at any of the consumer electronics chains and discount retailers that are bringing in the players.