HD-DVD coming to Australia in December
- — 31 October, 2006 09:34
Toshiba plans to launch its HD-DVD player in Australia in December this year, it said Monday.
The HD-E1 will go on sale in the middle of the month and cost $1,099 and be followed in February by the HD-XE1, a higher-spec player that will cost $1,599.
Toshiba first launched players for the HD-DVD high-definition video disc format in the U.S. earlier this year and they are due on sale in Europe before the end of this year. In Japan the company has both a stand-alone player and HD-DVD recorder on sale.
HD-DVD is backed by Toshiba, the DVD Forum and companies including Microsoft and Intel, and is vying for supremacy with Blu-ray Disc, which is backed by Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Samsung Electronics and others, in the race to replace DVD for high-definition content.
The HD-DVD players will be available through Toshiba's authorized distributor, Castel Electronics.
