Is Toshiba quitting hd-dvd or isn't it?

[radagast]

"Toshiba issued a very brief statement on their site in response to Japanese media reports that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business.

Complete statement: "The media reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this. Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no decision has been made at this moment."

The Japanese stock market likes the idea though of Toshiba dropping HD DVD, as Toshiba's stock jumped 5.7% today.

There is no other choice at this point for Toshiba than to burry HD DVD. Hollywood studios, retailers, movie rental companies, and the media have already declared it dead. "

The date on this is Feb. 18th, 2008

http://www.i4u.com/article14869.html

"EDIT" Nevermind. I see that the "official" announcement came the next day. It seems like it has been longer since Toshiba pulled out.

[jw]

I just read this
http://www.slate.com/id/2185365
poor guy, almost made me cry...

There is a site that compares HDDVD to HC? HUH? Its on the first page of that story

[Blu Jacket]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

I just read this
http://www.slate.com/id/2185365
poor guy, almost made me cry...

There is a site that compares HDDVD to HC? HUH? Its on the first page of that story

I liked it when he says that for the price of a Blu-ray player he could get 2 HD DVD players, a walkman and a rotary phone. Three items that nobody wants anymore, lol.