Peace may be at hand in the nearly three-year battle

[I DO BLU]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/...-blu-ray_N.htm


"There are a lot of other product areas where different formats coexist," says Jodi Sally, vice president of marketing for Toshiba's digital AV group. "Look at gaming (where Nintendo and Microsoft compete with Sony). There are discs that won't play in each other's machines. Apparently that is the current scenario" for high-def DVDs.

Her view chills executives and technophiles who say that most consumers won't buy two machines — or a pricey combo player — so they can enjoy HD versions of Disney's Ratatouille as well as DreamWorks' Shrek the Third, or Sony's Spider-Man and Paramount's Mission: Impossible.

"We interview consumers, and over the last year 60% didn't want to buy either format until there was a clear winner," says Envisioneering Group director Richard Doherty.

With consumers reluctant to buy into the new technology, Hollywood studios are left selling conventional DVDs — which have grown tired after 12 years in the market. Spending on sales and rentals last year fell 3.1% to $22.9 billion in 2007, according to trade magazine Video Business.


Hey Mrs Sally read the bold.

[JTK]

She's one of several people who are overdue to get fired, at the very least.

[I DO BLU]

Yes and obviously she don't get it. That statement is huge and shows why

they lost.

[Papi4baby]

Come guys, she has to say those things, that's her paycheck. Even i dont agree with her thought.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Papi4baby

Come guys, she has to say those things, that's her paycheck. Even i dont agree with her thought.

True. What it all really boils down to is that it continues to reflect horribly on Toshiba themselves.

[I DO BLU]

But that does not make it right and taking that stance is why they lost, Who

would do business with a company like that? It goes to why they are alone.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by I DO BLU

But that does not make it right and taking that stance is why they lost, Who

would do business with a company like that? It goes to why they are alone.

It does. I'm hoping there are serious corporate consequences against Toshiba and MS for the dishonest and FUD viral marketing campaign they ran for the better part of 3 years.

If you really have such a great product, why the need to lie and try to mislead people, of which they were succesful to some degree unfortunately?

[I DO BLU]

Exactly and when you have someone spread it on forums that tells you all you

need to know about there business. Pretty sad they have to resort to those

tactics.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by I DO BLU

Exactly and when you have someone spread it on forums that tells you all you

need to know about there business. Pretty sad they have to resort to those

tactics.

It's always spoken for itself. It angers me that I still see people like Tivo Dealer STILL hanging on to the propoganda, the FUD, the lies and deliberately trying to mislead people.

These kinds of people make me sick and I will never spare them any quarter for any reason.