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Toshiba Releases First Next-Generation HD DVD Player in Japan

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2006 - 8:21am.
Tokyo - Japanese consumer electronics firm Toshiba released its first HD DVD player in Japan on Friday, beating rival Sony to become the first to bring its next-generation DVD player to market. The Toshiba HD-XA1 will sell there for about $940. The HD-XA1 is slated for release in the U.S. later this month, where it will cost $799; another model, the HD-A1, is also slated to sell for $499. Toshiba hopes to sell between 600,000 and 700,000 HD DVD players worldwide through March 2007. Meanwhile, Sony plans to introduce its rival Blu-ray Disc DVD players in the U.S. in July, with the first models to sell for about $1,000.
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