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...not one of the home-theater-specific models from any of the major consumer electronics brands, but a Sony PlayStation 3.
That's right. A gaming console, not a dedicated player.
In other words, HD-DVD lost out to a PlayStation.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
It may seem that way to you. But I said that from the point of view of the average consumer. The general public just doesn't care.
Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source
Sunday February 17, 8:32 am ET
By Mayumi Negishi and Kentaro Hamada
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (Tokyo:6502.T - News) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp (Tokyo:6758.T - News), a company source said on Saturday.
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The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums led by Toshiba and Sony vying to set the standard for the next-generation DVD and compatible video equipment.
The format war, often compared to the Betamax-VHS battle in the 1980s, has confused consumers unsure of which DVD or player to buy, slowing the development what is expected to be a multibillion dollar high definition DVD industry.
Toshiba's cause has suffered several setbacks in recent weeks including Friday's announcement by U.S. retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT - News) that it would abandon the HD DVD format and only stock its shelves with Blu-ray movies.
A source at Toshiba confirmed an earlier report by public broadcaster NHK that it was getting ready to pull the plug.
"We have entered the final stage of planning to ma
I like Toshiba DVD players-- I have several. Toshiba can probably do a better job making Blu-Ray than the current manufacturers
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Toshiba is a CE manufacturer, just like all of the other CE manufacturers out there. No incentive is necessary because none were given to other CE manufacturers who backed Blu-ray. With HD DVD no longer viable, Toshiba will be "just another CE manufacturer" producing Blu-ray players. And with the loses and minimal profits they made producing HD DVD players, don't look for them to "give away the store" when they produce in blu .
Toshiba and Sony have a pretty close relationship and relationships between Japanese companies are quite a bit different than those in the west.
How is Toshiba (Japanese) any different than Sharp, Pioneer, Matsushita (Panasonic), etc -- all of which are Japanese companies?! You are saying that a dissenter would get considerations when those who took up arms for the cause got nothing.
That's not a cultural difference: that's stupidity.
as I said, they have a pretty close relationship and for Sony to reach out to Toshiba in someway to help heal the wounds makes perfect sense within Japanese culture.
Toshiba makes the IC for PS3, because SONY sold the factory to Toshiba.
We in the West will probably never truly understand Japan. I have tried, because I some years ago distributed Japanese products.
Japan is a few densely populated islands with few energy resources. That shapes the minds of the Japanese. They fight internally and have to cooperate at the same time.
I like Toshiba DVD players-- I have several. Toshiba can probably do a better job making Blu-Ray than the current manufacturers
see link
Bleeding money out of every orifice.
It was painful to watch.
I hope that we get lots of blu releases...
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