Here is what they were up to in 1987

“In 1987, Toshiba Machine, the subsidiary of Toshiba, was accused of illegally selling CNC milling machines used to produce very quiet submarine propellers to the Soviet Union in violation of the CoCom agreement, an international embargo on Western exports to East Bloc countries. The Toshiba-Kongsberg scandal involved a subsidiary of Toshiba and the Norwegian company Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk. The incident strained relations between the United States and Japan, and resulted in the arrest and prosecution of two senior executives, as well as the imposition of sanctions on the company by both countries.[2] The US had always relied on the fact that the Soviets had noisy boats, so technology that would make the USSR’s submarines harder to detect created a significant threat to America’s security. Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania said “What Toshiba and Kongsberg did was ransom the security of the United States for $517 million.”

1 billion should cover it, plus the interest

We sent it off the first week of December, and the disks are still not here. So much for “allow up to 10 weeks.”

The drop in cost for Blueray players will be very minimal for at least the next year. Why do they need to drop prices? They have a monopoly now. They didn’t drop prices when the had competition.

Don

When I can buy virtually anything ever made as I almost can with DVD, and when you can buy titles at budget DVD prices, then I’ll care.

I’m sure that day will come, and probably not too long from now… but it isn’t now so its just a trendy luxury. It needs to be a commodity.

Profit is the media, not the player.

Why pay for an expensive player hardware when you can’t even publish from hardware you own – media content you create – and play it?

I sure won’t.

My next dvd player will allow for reading all formats – all media types – and be able to record like a vcr – or I will not buy it.

I assume this is some sort of accrual accounting write off and not actual bucks==so the story means almost nothing as the “facts” are obscured.

Did learn that Toshiba owns Westinghouse–I must have been on vacation when that happened. AND we are outsourcing military aircraft manufacturing. The America I knew has died.