Tag archive: Yoshi Uchiyama

After years of conflict between rival formats HD DVD and Blu-ray, the so-called HD format war officially ended on Tuesday when its major backer, Toshiba, bowed out of the race permanently. The announcement came on the heels of widespread rumors and news reports that the format was done for, which have been building for weeks. In an exceptionally brief press release, Toshiba stated that it had “completed a thorough review of its… Read More

Toshiba has finally rolled out 30 GB and 60 GB versions of its gigabeat portable music players (PMPs) to retailers, at $299.99 for the 30 GB version and $100 more for the 60 GB edition. The gigabeat is based on Windows Mobile and is a PlaysForSure-compatible, hard drive-driven portable music and video player supporting Windows Media 9 audio and video content, WAV and MP3 audio, JPEG images, and Windows Media Video using headphones, a… Read More

Toshiba today announced they were refreshing their gigabeat line of digital audio players by introducing two new flash-memory based units. The new MEP-05FR (512MB, $129) and MEP-10FK (1GB, $179) are both expected to be available in January. The MEP-05FR, said Toshiba, offers a