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05.27.08Gamestop Dropping Zune, What Exactly is Microsoft’s Zune Strategy Now?photo credit: markhoekstra How sad it is that the biggest news to come from the Zune front in the past few months is anything but positive: Word is out that Gamestop has stopped selling Zunes. Honestly, I'm surprised it took this long, not because the Zune 2 is a worthless player (despite what some other news reports seem to love implying), but because it was a dumb idea to sell the Zune 2 in a freaking video game store in the first place. I'm sure some genius marketing drone figured it was a good spot because 1) Gamestop fit the target ...
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05.20.08The Roku Netflix Player, The Shape of Things to ComeToday Netflix announced the full details on their long-awaited set top box. Developed by Roku, a company which already has some experience in the streaming media arena, the device is meant to offer an easy way for Netflix subscribers to access their streaming Netflix media on their televisions. While the device is a logical step for Netflix, it's also a significant evolutionary step for in-home media as well. I'm certainly not the only one to recognize this device's potential; Saul Hansell at the NY Times Bits blog is already calling it the "first shot of the [video] revolution". He lays out ...
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05.02.08Surprise? Bluray Adoption Slows, Upconverting DVD Players Find Successphoto credit: csullens After the demise of HD-DVD, it was pretty much expected that Blu-ray adoption would rise since it no longer had a competitor. According to Bits, that doesn't seem to be the case: According to NPD, sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose a scant 2 percent from February to March. The general consensus was that once Toshiba dropped its support for the HD DVD format early this year, sales would increase. In fact, sales of Blu-ray standalone players remain so low that NPD has not yet released actual numbers, for fear that ...
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03.06.08After HD-DVD Demise, Toshiba CEO Says DVD For the Win!photo credit: William Hook In this truly insightful interview the WSJ talks to Toshiba CEO Atsutoshi Nishida about his plans for the company after the failure of HD-DVD. I've read quite a few interviews with traditional Japanese CEO's, and Nishida is definitely a uniquely pragmatic thinker among them. When asked why he gave up on HD-DVD so quickly, he responds that he knew that everything was practically over when Warner left, and offers the following business advice nugget: I didn't think we stood a chance after Warner left us because it meant HD DVD would have just 20% to 30% of software ...
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