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Rounding Up HD News: HD DVD Relief, Sony’s Hybrid Vehicle

Apr 10, 2008  •  Post A Comment

Wal-Mart, Best Buy Offer Refunds, Rebates for HD DVD Buyers
Wal-Mart this month will give full refunds on returns of HD DVD players by receipt-bearing customers who bought the machines after Oct. 31, the Wall Street Journal reports. Best Buy will give $50 gift cards to people who bought HD DVD players or HD DVD add-ons to Microsoft Xbox 360 consoles before Feb. 23, while allowing them to keep the units, the Journal says.
Sony Looks for Larger Market Share, Considers TV/DVD Player Hybrid
Sony is looking to boost Blu-ray’s share of worldwide DVD sales to 50% from 20% by the end of the year, DigiTimes reports, citing remarks made by Sony President Ryogi Chubachi in Taipei last week. The company also may build a liquid-crystal display television that can burn and play Blu-ray discs, DigiTimes says, citing Chubachi.
Philips to Outsource North American TVs to Funai
Royal Philips Electronics will stop making televisions for sale in North America in September, and will outsource production of Philips and Magnavox TVs to Funai Electric for at least five years. Philips, which also makes lighting and health-care products, said the transfer of North American television operations to Tokyo-based Funai will cut 2008 earnings by 125 million euros ($196.3 million).

Mitsubishi to Unveil Laser HDTV by September

Mitsubishi said it will start selling its first laser-powered high-definition television by September, Web site TVPredictions.com reports. The company, which didn’t disclose a release date or pricing, said its “LaserVue” TV will provide twice the color of a typical HDTV, according to the Web site.

FCC Chair Gives Smaller Cable Operators a Break on HD

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said this week that cable operators serving smaller U.S. communities may convert high-definition signals into standard-definition signals, Broadcasting & Cable reports. For operators with less bandwidth, the decision provides an exemption to a 2001 law requiring broadcasters to transmit all HD signals in HD, the publication says.

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