48-layer NAND you say? Gimme, gimme, gimme!

I still have my Toshiba VCR from Y2K, but it only to connect between my very old video card and 19.5" Sharp CRT TV (January 1996).

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Toshiba America Information Systems, IPedge success' to 'banned, redacted' - edited by jonny

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It hooked me, I admit.

But why do I get the feeling it'll end with him being saved by a Toshiba laptop powered by Intel?

If you're going to out one company for being in business with Foxconn, why not out them all? Own a game console? Your Xbox, PS3, and Wii were all made here. Like to read? This is where your Kindle came from.

Foxconn isn't just producing ithings and iphones, they assemble 40% of the world's electronics. Here's a list of SOME of Foxconn's clients (from wikipedia):

Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)
Apple Inc. (United States)
ASRock (Taiwan)
Asus (Taiwan)
Barnes & Noble (United States)
Cisco (United States)
Dell (United States)
EVGA Corporation (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Intel (United States)
IBM (United States)
Lenovo (China)
Logitech (Switzerland)
Microsoft (United States)
MSI (Taiwan)
Motorola (United States)
Netgear (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)
Nokia (Finland)
Panasonic (Japan)
Philips (Netherlands)
Sharp (Japan)
Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden)
Toshiba (Japan)
Vizio (United States)

My phone has evolved as well. It used to be a just a phone, but now its a phonecamerabrowsergpsgameconsole. Explain that! You can't!

Tide goes in, tide goes out.>> ^bamdrew:

what about laptops?!
I had a laptop 10 years ago that was totally built like crap, and now I have this sweet little Toshiba that... waitwhatarewetalkingaboutagain?

what about laptops?!

I had a laptop 10 years ago that was totally built like crap, and now I have this sweet little Toshiba that... waitwhatarewetalkingaboutagain?

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Ah, another inferior technology made successful by draconian IP law and questionable business practices.

Care to elaborate for the ignorant among us (i.e. me)?


It seems I'm mixing up my stories, actually. The tech I was thinking of was SED, a display technology under development primarily by Canon/Toshiba.

While there was a lawsuit that delayed that, it seems it didn't go on for very long and ultimately Canon killed the product themselves, for reasons unknown.

It's unfortunate because SED was really a combination of all the best features of LCD and CRT combined in one. I had a pretty nice, if aging, CRT when I learned about SED and my original plan was to hold out for SED and skip LCD all together. Eventually my CRT (a 19" Sony Trinitron) got too old and I was forced to buy new. I got a 24" Samsung, one of the best LCDs on the consumer market at the time, and I've never really been happy with it. I still wish there was a better option.

>> ^dag:

Disagree. I had the displeasure of setting up my Mom's "loosened up" new Win7 Toshiba laptop over Xmas. God, the layers of crappy "value added software" (spamware) from Toshiba, Norton etc I had to remove was awful. Tight control of all layers of the software stack AND the hardware results in a better end-user experience.
Keep it tight and sweet Apple.

Would it add complexity to allow flash or an SD card? I love that their operating system is simple, but they treat people who "open it up" for themselves like criminals. Most companies would benefit greatly from following Apple's model of simplicity, but that doesn't mean they have to exercise the same iron grip on available content.

That's all personal preference though. Android works well enough for me because I cut out anything I don't need. Others want something that "just works" without having to change anything. Either way, everyone is happier with better hardware. =)

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Disagree. I had the displeasure of setting up my Mom's "loosened up" new Win7 Toshiba laptop over Xmas. God, the layers of crappy "value added software" (spamware) from Toshiba, Norton etc I had to remove was awful. Tight control of all layers of the software stack AND the hardware results in a better end-user experience.

Keep it tight and sweet Apple.

>> ^vaporlock:

Sweet... Apple better start loosening things up (eg. no SD card, restricted carriers, tight software control, no flash, etc).

I don't even know where to start with this one. You still have me laughing because I actually think you're serious. >> ^mrsid:

>> ^blutruth:
>> ^mrsid:
Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...


I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.

Just judging by the size of a typical airplane tray table, the video seems to be about 11" or smaller notebooks...

>> ^blutruth:

>> ^mrsid:
Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...


I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.


Just judging by the size of a typical airplane tray table, the video seems to be about 11" or smaller notebooks...

>> ^mrsid:

Watching blu-ray on a sub-HD notebook screen? FAIL!
And if you really want to, you can rent it from iTunes, that's cheaper...



I'm curious what you're referring to when you say sub-HD notebook screen. If, by chance, you're implying that there are no Windows 7 laptops out there with BluRay support and 1920x1080 displays, then you are mistaken.

Freakin' Toshiba laptops! It had it comin'!