http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:35:37 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-937989 Hits Singapore » Blog Archive » Toshiba HD DVD Players Get Firmware Update [Firmware] Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:07:31 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45007#comment-937989 [...] There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. You have not awaken in a crazy, alternate reality where HD DVD won the format war. But Toshiba has unrolled the firmware 4.0 update for its HD DVD players to improve playback issues like a pause bug. We’d make fun of Toshiba mercilessly for the update, but it’s actually a classy move to support one’s tech even when the market has declared it extinct. Nice work, Toshiba. [Toshiba via CrunchGear] [...] [...] There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. You have not awaken in a crazy, alternate reality where HD DVD won the format war. But Toshiba has unrolled the firmware 4.0 update for its HD DVD players to improve playback issues like a pause bug. We’d make fun of Toshiba mercilessly for the update, but it’s actually a classy move to support one’s tech even when the market has declared it extinct. Nice work, Toshiba. [Toshiba via CrunchGear] [...]

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-934365 Marc M. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:55:11 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45007#comment-934365 See! This is just another justification for my reasoning, HD-DVD is rising it's head from the bloody pool ready to make a victorious comeback, it's going to sneak up like low capacity, more cost efficient, and more practical technology ninja and slit Sony's throat! Watch! See! This is just another justification for my reasoning, HD-DVD is rising it’s head from the bloody pool ready to make a victorious comeback, it’s going to sneak up like low capacity, more cost efficient, and more practical technology ninja and slit Sony’s throat! Watch!

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-933778 Toshiba HD DVD Players Get Firmware Update [Firmware] Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45007#comment-933778 [...] T­h­e­r­e­ is no­­t­h­ing wr­o­­ng wit­h­ yo­­ur­ co­­mput­e­r­. Do­­ no­­t­ a­t­t­e­mpt­ t­o­­ a­djust­ t­h­e­ pict­ur­e­. Yo­­u h­a­ve­ no­­t­ a­wa­ke­n in a­ cr­a­z­y, a­l­t­e­r­na­t­e­ r­e­a­l­it­y wh­e­r­e­ H­D DVD wo­­n t­h­e­ fo­­r­ma­t­ wa­r­. But­ T­o­­sh­iba­ h­a­s unr­o­­l­l­e­d t­h­e­ fir­mwa­r­e­ 4.0 upda­t­e­ fo­­r­ it­s H­D DVD pl­a­ye­r­s t­o­­ impr­o­­ve­ pl­a­yba­ck issue­s l­ike­ a­ pa­use­ bug. We­’d ma­ke­ fun o­­f T­o­­sh­iba­ me­r­cil­e­ssl­y fo­­r­ t­h­e­ upda­t­e­, but­ it­’s a­ct­ua­l­l­y a­ cl­a­ssy mo­­ve­ t­o­­ suppo­­r­t­ o­­ne­’s t­e­ch­ e­ve­n wh­e­n t­h­e­ ma­r­ke­t­ h­a­s de­cl­a­r­e­d it­ e­x­t­inct­. Nice­ wo­­r­k, T­o­­sh­iba­. [To­shi­ba­ via­ Cr­u­n­chGear­] [...] [...] T­h­e­r­e­ is no­­t­h­ing wr­o­­ng wit­h­ yo­­ur­ co­­mput­e­r­. Do­­ no­­t­ a­t­t­e­mpt­ t­o­­ a­djust­ t­h­e­ pict­ur­e­. Yo­­u h­a­ve­ no­­t­ a­wa­ke­n in a­ cr­a­z­y, a­l­t­e­r­na­t­e­ r­e­a­l­it­y wh­e­r­e­ H­D DVD wo­­n t­h­e­ fo­­r­ma­t­ wa­r­. But­ T­o­­sh­iba­ h­a­s unr­o­­l­l­e­d t­h­e­ fir­mwa­r­e­ 4.0 upda­t­e­ fo­­r­ it­s H­D DVD pl­a­ye­r­s t­o­­ impr­o­­ve­ pl­a­yba­ck issue­s l­ike­ a­ pa­use­ bug. We­’d ma­ke­ fun o­­f T­o­­sh­iba­ me­r­cil­e­ssl­y fo­­r­ t­h­e­ upda­t­e­, but­ it­’s a­ct­ua­l­l­y a­ cl­a­ssy mo­­ve­ t­o­­ suppo­­r­t­ o­­ne­’s t­e­ch­ e­ve­n wh­e­n t­h­e­ ma­r­ke­t­ h­a­s de­cl­a­r­e­d it­ e­x­t­inct­. Nice­ wo­­r­k, T­o­­sh­iba­. [To­shi­ba­ via­ Cr­u­n­chGear­] [...]

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-933761 Commando Cody (Toshiba EP-35 owner) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:05:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45007#comment-933761 Amen to that. Frankly, wouldn't it be great if someone with the skills, the tools and the necessary info, hacked, I mean, reverse-engineered, I mean... unleashed all the possibilities ;) these gorgeous, beefy machines are capable of? Just think of the potential: implementing support to play back HD DivX/Xvid/mkv, activating that USB2.0 port at the front so you could stream all sorts of stuff from a hard-drive or USB memory... Yikes, I almost drooled my laptop to a short-circuit just thinking of it. Amen to that. Frankly, wouldn’t it be great if someone with the skills, the tools and the necessary info, hacked, I mean, reverse-engineered, I mean… unleashed all the possibilities ;) these gorgeous, beefy machines are capable of? Just think of the potential: implementing support to play back HD DivX/Xvid/mkv, activating that USB2.0 port at the front so you could stream all sorts of stuff from a hard-drive or USB memory… Yikes, I almost drooled my laptop to a short-circuit just thinking of it.

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/29/toshiba-rolls-out-firmware-updates-for-its-hd-dvd-players-seriously/comment-page-1/#comment-933670 TheHoldSteady Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:19:01 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=45007#comment-933670 If I were Toshiba, I would dump all licensing fees and release every aspect of HD-DVD under GPL. I'd love to see BDA compete with 'free'. At the very least, it might drag the prices of Blu-Ray players AND movies in to the realm of sensibility. If I were Toshiba, I would dump all licensing fees and release every aspect of HD-DVD under GPL. I’d love to see BDA compete with ‘free’. At the very least, it might drag the prices of Blu-Ray players AND movies in to the realm of sensibility.

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