March 24, 2006 | posted by Michael Baxter in Uncategorized |

Toshiba said to Sony, anything you can delay, we can delay better. Although, no doubt Sony could retort, “no you can’t”; we can delay our new PlayStation 3 six months, thanks to problems defining Blu-ray DVD, you can only manage a delay of a month.”
Yesterday, the “New DVD” war was put on hold, as Toshiba announced a delay of its new HD DVD player to the middle of April. It was due for launch next week.
A Toshiba statement said: “In order to maximise the launch of HD DVD, we intend to synchronise the launch of our players with HD DVD title releases.” Recently it emerged that Time Warner will not be releasing HD DVD versions of The Matrix Reloaded, Harry Potter 4 and Million Dollar Baby until April 18. No doubt Toshiba is going for a simultaneous launch.
Meanwhile, the first Blu-ray DVD titles are due to go on sale in May. Although the Blu-ray’s Trojan horse, the PlayStation 3 will not be available in Japan until the Autumn, with the UK not seeing the wonder machine until next year, dedicated Blu-ray machines are slated for launch soon.