Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

Today Toshiba rolled out its first HD DVD players in Japan, becoming the first company to offer one of the next-generation (HD-DVD or Blu-ray) optical disc players. The price in Japan is expected to be 110,000 yen ($940).

Sony aims to offer Blu-ray-based players in the United States for around $1,000 in July.

The Japan launch of Toshiba’s HD-DVD players will be followed by the U.S. debut in April.

Toshiba, Japan’s second-largest electronics conglomerate, is set to offer two models of HD-DVD players, the HD-XA1 and HD-A1, in the United States for $799 and $499, respectively. Source: Reuters

We say: I’m not in the mood for another standards war, like Betamax vs. VHS, so I’m sitting this one out for a while. Hopefully prices will drop as I wait.

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