

Except when one of the most powerful men in the Japanese electronics business, Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida, tells investors We have not given up on a unified format.

And no matter how many times we think talks might still be in the cards, they get shut down for one reason or another, bitter rivals to the end. And, of course, we all know how that went. before Blu-ray and HD DVD hit the market they were going to truce, they were going to unify, it was going to be more like DVD, less like Betamax and VHS. Toshiba looking for a truce? We dont even really know how to approach this one, but we all well remember the talks that went down between Toshiba and Sony et. The Panasonic guy was surprised by the difference in quality. Im not sure if this is the reason for the HDMI issues or not. Its been confimed that the Sammy is a 1080i player that takes the signal and runs it through a de-interlacer for final 1080p output. I think the Sammy has a bug in their player. mytwocents I think the Sammy has a bug in their player.
