Samsung -- Not Toshiba -- Killed HD DVD

[TheRealBob]

This has already been posted in another thread, but I thought I'd pull the information into its own thread because I think it's a big story.

From CD Freaks (http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/CeBIT-S...t-Toshiba.html):

During our rounds at the CeBIT grounds we overheard a conversation of a Samsung employee telling someone else that his company pulled the plug on HD DVD and not Toshiba. Both companies are in a joint venture called TSST (Toshiba Samsung Storage Technologies). The joint venture is responsible for the production of optical drives for both Samsung and Toshiba and it seems that Samsung no longer wanted to invest in HD DVD production lines. Toshiba on the other hand didn’t want to drop the format and was ready to continue the high definition format war.

We are currently looking for more information regarding this subject and hope to give more information later.

Blu-ray.com Insider Maxpower1987 responded to that story in another thread on this site:

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

On a side note this is a pretty good description of what actually happened, so those of you ranting at Samsung need to get a few things in perspective...

Very interesting...