The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably theday they
start making vacuum cleaners.
On 1/7/06, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> I just accquired a Toshiba
DVD player, and it will play> some DVDs that none of our other DVD players
will.>> (Of course the fact that these are region 2 DVDs might> have something
to do with it ... :-)>>> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:30:51PM -0600, William Robb
wrote:> > I have a couple of friends who have made the mistake of buying
Toshiba DVD> > players, only to find they won't necessarily play DVDs.> >> >
William Robb> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "David Savage"> >
Subject: OT: When will Microsoft learn?> >> >> > >I was just reading an article
about the 2 competing HD DVD formats> > >that are being released this year. I
found the first paragraph quite> > >amusing/not unexpected:> > >> > >"It was
supposed to be the grand unveiling of a new generation in home> >
>entertainment when Kevin Collins of Microsoft Corp. popped an HD DVD> > >disc
into a Toshiba production model and hit "play." Nothing> > >happened."> !
> >> > >The full article can be found here:> > >> >
> >> > >><http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/battle-of-hd-dvd-formats-about-to-begin/2006/01/07/1136387651217.html>>
> >> > > > >> >> >>>