Toshiba Unveils First Blu-ray Player

By Geoff Duncan
September 04, 2009

Toshiba has come full circle in abandoning HD-DVD, debuting its BDX2000 Blu-ray player with BD-Live support.

Toshiba might have been the company that championed HD-DVD technology against Blu-ray a couple years ago in the so-called "format war" for domination of high-definition discs…and when Toshiba threw in the towel on HD-DVD it kinda of licked its wounds, focusing on wringing features and quality from standard DVD players without committing to licensing and making its own Blu-ray gear. However, last month the company announced it was joining the Blu-ray Disc Association, and now the company has officially announced its first Blu-ray player, the BDX2000.

"Toshiba is a technology leader in high definition products," said Toshiba's digital a/v group's marketing VP Jodi Sally, in a statement. "From listening to our consumers we know they demand access to full high definition content. With the introduction of our BDX2000 we are offering consumers ...

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