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By: Toshiba to give in on Blu-ray? » Blu-ray, HDTV, DVD info at WesleyTech.com

Toshiba to give in on Blu-ray? » Blu-ray, HDTV, DVD info at WesleyTech.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:31 +0000

[...] Toshiba gave up the fight in the format war, they vowed to remain in the standard DVD business and would not support Blu-ray. [...]

By: Wesley Novack

Wesley Novack — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:36:28 +0000

Thanks for the link Koba!

By: Koba

Koba — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:22:48 +0000

Toshiba Press release:
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2008_02/pr1903.htm

By: Sporty

Sporty — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:44:10 +0000

Sounds like the official announcement is coming in a matter of hours.

Toshiba has a press release scheduled for 5PM Tokyo Time. That’s 12pm PST tonight. Where it’s being reported they will announce pulling all players/recorder from the market in a matter of weeks.

But I agree Wesley. HD-DVD’s promotions have sucked all through this fight. Another then about 3 commercials they didn’t really have much to say. Firesales were their main weapon and that only scared other CEs away from releasing HD-DVD products backing them into a corner to go it alone.

By: Steven Kippel

Steven Kippel — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:34:59 +0000

This is such huge news. CNN, 60 Minutes, New York Times, AP, everyone is running this story … and not just wire news. HD DVD group, Toshiba, Universal and Paramount aren’t returning phone calls to any of them.

Even if These companies try to come back the damage this story caused to HD DVD is immense.

By: what

what — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:52:33 +0000

laughable…

“marketing” was the only thing keeping it alive….that and the “promotions” (fire sales)

By: Wesley Novack

Wesley Novack — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:35:48 +0000

Looks like they finally realized that their marketing and promotions suck. From the Reuters article:

“Marketing was a weak point for Toshiba. We learned a lot from HD DVD. Strengthening marketing will continue to be an issue for us going forward,” the source said.