Blockbuster to favor Blu-ray HD discs over DVD format

[pixelthis]

TOSHIBA has exelent customer service...they need it
Tosh 32in, looked like a cartoon after six months, broke after eight.
Brother bought the next years model, broke after a year and a half, NOBODY would
touch it, finally a friend fixed it and it worked another six months.
Traded a perfectly good panny player because I had to have componet, after about eight
mos a slight banding problem showed up, got worse as time went along, and the dts
dropped out completely. Gave it away.
But toshi has its followers, usually peeps who have low expectations on performance.
The one of many reasons I havent jumped into the pool in hd discs yet is I am scared of trying another tosh product, and cant afford bluray.
If these guys developed the format I know I dont want it
On another note mr peabody I AM HOPING FOR SOME CONCERT AND VIDEO COLLECTIONS , these you can watch over and over, what are these guys waiting for?

[drseid]

TOSHIBA has exelent customer service...they need it
Tosh 32in, looked like a cartoon after six months, broke after eight.
Brother bought the next years model, broke after a year and a half, NOBODY would
touch it, finally a friend fixed it and it worked another six months.
Traded a perfectly good panny player because I had to have componet, after about eight
mos a slight banding problem showed up, got worse as time went along, and the dts
dropped out completely. Gave it away.
But toshi has its followers, usually peeps who have low expectations on performance.
The one of many reasons I havent jumped into the pool in hd discs yet is I am scared of trying another tosh product, and cant afford bluray.
If these guys developed the format I know I dont want it
On another note mr peabody I AM HOPING FOR SOME CONCERT AND VIDEO COLLECTIONS , these you can watch over and over, what are these guys waiting for?

Certanly your perogative not to support anything Toshiba puts out and I respect your feelings... I have actually had the same negative experience, but with Sony TVs... I guess I never learn because I keep buying them anyway as the picture quality tends to be pretty good. I just now make sure that I get a good in-home extended warranty as I know I will use it *many* times.... ;-)

The video electronics brands I have had the best luck with are Panasonic and Denon. Both don't have places in my system anymore... go figure. Maybe if either ever release a HD DVD/Blu-ray combo player I would pounce on it.

---Dave

[pixelthis]

Certanly your perogative not to support anything Toshiba puts out and I respect your feelings... I have actually had the same negative experience, but with Sony TVs... I guess I never learn because I keep buying them anyway as the picture quality tends to be pretty good. I just now make sure that I get a good in-home extended warranty as I know I will use it *many* times.... ;-)

The video electronics brands I have had the best luck with are Panasonic and Denon. Both don't have places in my system anymore... go figure. Maybe if either ever release a HD DVD/Blu-ray combo player I would pounce on it.

---Dave

Yeah, panny makes reliable but somewhat utilitarian products, as for sony you cant beat the picture, never had A sony break on me (TV anyway) but right now I am going for pix size
Denon is great, had two, but they tend to roll off their highs
Had a top of the line denon once, 75w into two channels, 595( about 1800 in todays dollars) last piece of pure audiophile gear I had, even tho my current receiver has things like a phono stage, "pure audio" etc.
But with tosh the experience has been almost universally bad, when they screw something up they really aim for the bleachers.
One thing I noticed on this site is being called a "basher" or "negative" simply stating the facts.
Well, modern electronics are expensive, and you have to mail them off when they break,
mostly, and tosh doesnt even pass the minimum standard of reliable, at least to me, and I want people to know, is all.
For all of the features they put on modern devices the best by far is not having to unplug
and uninstall it and mail it off, just putting it in and enjoying it.
This is not hard to do and is the least you should expect