Toshiba's profits plunge - Blu-ray Forum

I DO BLU · 04-25-2008, 11:10 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/...sxcUsl_sOs0NUE

It's what they get for backing dud

Winn · 04-25-2008, 11:22 AM

All the past losses they could keep off the books had to be applied with the closing of the division. This lets us know how big a loss they were already operating at. If the losses accumulated were in the 20 billion range and they had already applied enough of the losses to make the larger segmetn (Home Electronics) go down in previous reports, their total loss on HD DVD is in the 30 25-30 billion range.

All of which could have been avoided if they agreed to a smaller share of royalties on BD than they were getting on DVD.

Blaumann · 04-25-2008, 11:31 AM

Does this include losses from r&d for finding out how dvd suc' best or will these losses only show up in future financial reports?

MacHaggis · 04-25-2008, 02:52 PM

I wonder if they could "super-up-convert" their minuscule profit to real profits?

Smoke and mirrors (and lasers)...

- Bogdan

Deadset · 04-25-2008, 03:15 PM

Wow, 95% drop in profit...amazing.

JTK · 04-25-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Deads3t

Wow, 95% drop in profit...amazing.

Amazingly bad, that is.

Blu Falcon · 04-26-2008, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by I DO BLU

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/...sxcUsl_sOs0NUE

It's what they get for backing dud

Why take pleasure in such things? The economy is going to hell in a hand-basket. We should not relish in a corporation such as Toshiba losing profits.

I DO BLU · 04-26-2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu Falcon

Why take pleasure in such things? The economy is going to hell in a hand-basket. We should not relish in a corporation such as Toshiba losing profits.

Yea we should. THe reason there was a war that shouldn't have been was because of them and MS. So what comes around goes around.

Blu Falcon · 04-26-2008, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by I DO BLU

Yea we should. THe reason there was a war that shouldn't have been was because of them and MS. So what comes around goes around.

I guess. But I hardly think the end of the format war is the most important issue this election year. I doubt there will be an emergency session in Congress to address Warner Bros. studios lack of lossless audio on new Blu releases.

Sadly, this downward trend is not exclusive to Toshiba. With the economy going to shit, we all lose.

w_tanoto · 04-26-2008, 08:09 PM

they deserve it. it's karma. they made HD DVD buyers suffers. Also made DVD buyer waited longer...
I am surprised it's still a profit, not a loss

Zyclone · 04-26-2008, 11:22 PM

i don't get what there is to be happy about the higher ups who were pushing for hd dvd won't lose their jobs and if they do they will get a huge payout , if they keep losing money its the workers and middle management that get fired.

jcdDigix · 04-26-2008, 12:50 AM

They were just plain stupid. Spreading confusion and what nots. What goes around comes around. The consumers then, their turn now.

I DO BLU · 04-26-2008, 12:52 AM

They still are trying to kill blu-ray with there bs SUC. So they can go bankrupt for all i care.

When you have a company that hired people and spread fud about blu-ray over and over what you expect?

04-25-2008, 11:10 AM	#1
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04-25-2008, 11:22 AM	#2
Winn Active Member Member since:Jan 2008	All the past losses they could keep off the books had to be applied with the closing of the division. This lets us know how big a loss they were already operating at. If the losses accumulated were in the 20 billion range and they had already applied enough of the losses to make the larger segmetn (Home Electronics) go down in previous reports, their total loss on HD DVD is in the 30 25-30 billion range. All of which could have been avoided if they agreed to a smaller share of royalties on BD than they were getting on DVD.

04-25-2008, 11:31 AM	#3
Blaumann Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:verge of breakdown	Does this include losses from r&d for finding out how dvd suc' best or will these losses only show up in future financial reports?

04-25-2008, 02:52 PM	#4
MacHaggis Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Burbank, CA Blu-ray collection:102	I wonder if they could "super-up-convert" their minuscule profit to real profits? Smoke and mirrors (and lasers)... - Bogdan

04-25-2008, 03:15 PM	#5
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2479 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	Wow, 95% drop in profit...amazing.

04-26-2008, 08:09 PM	#10
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	they deserve it. it's karma. they made HD DVD buyers suffers. Also made DVD buyer waited longer... I am surprised it's still a profit, not a loss

04-26-2008, 11:22 PM	#11
Zyclone Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Somewhere over the rainbow Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:304	i don't get what there is to be happy about the higher ups who were pushing for hd dvd won't lose their jobs and if they do they will get a huge payout , if they keep losing money its the workers and middle management that get fired.

04-26-2008, 12:50 AM	#12
jcdDigix Senior Member Member since:May 2007 Location:FL 4K collection:202 Blu-ray collection:1075 DVD collection:1341 Digital collection:3 iTunes collection:134 Blu-ray reviews:7	They were just plain stupid. Spreading confusion and what nots. What goes around comes around. The consumers then, their turn now.

04-26-2008, 12:52 AM	#13
I DO BLU Special Member Member since:Oct 2007	They still are trying to kill blu-ray with there bs SUC. So they can go bankrupt for all i care. When you have a company that hired people and spread fud about blu-ray over and over what you expect?

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