Reuters: HD DVD Rallies Consumer Audience in 2007...

[stockstar1138]

yeah since when is 800k near 1 million, nothing like adding an extra 20% to your numbers and thats including add ons.

this article is pure bullsh1t.

hd dvd does not have anywhere near 80% of the HD computer market.

god they are desperate. i cannot believe they are fighting, they are DEAD.

the only plus is i will enjoy watching them slowly die more than if they just waved the white flag. i will enjoy watching them lose millions of dollars on their inferior format.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

god they are desperate. i cannot believe they are fighting, they are DEAD.

the only plus is i will enjoy watching them slowly die more than if they just waved the white flag. i will enjoy watching them lose millions of dollars on their inferior format.

I totally agree and it's so obvious this is not about business any longer, but personal to them (what a way to run a company!). All I know is I will never buy a Toshiba product.

[jw]

Originally Posted by Slapper

I think my favorite part of that promo piece is:

"...and yet we're still really far behind. But, trust us, next year HD DVD is going to sell at least 10 million standalone players. Well, maybe not that many. More like 5 million. No. Wait. More like 2 million. Well, you know how our projections have worked out for us in the past. Thank you and good evening. Enjoy the rest of CES."

HD DVD software sales grew at
nearly twice the rate of Blu-ray...


with a year jump start they should be ahead by a couple million, but blu-ray has outsold them and at a faster pace

[JadedRaverLA]

I'm REALLY confused. So their new strategy (which has apparently changed in the hours since Toshiba's press conference) is to now act as though absolutely nothing happened, and to hope that the media writes up their boilerplate press release as a news article?

I almost wonder if the press release was written prior to the defection, and they decided to throw it out there anyway. It makes no sense in light of the current circumstances.

Betting on no one noticing that your dead doesn't seem like the most sound strategy to me... but then again, neither did getting into bed with Microsoft, releasing a format with no CE support other than your own company, and thinking that you could build a successful video format without the support of most of the movie studios. So, heck, what do I know?

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

I almost wonder if the press release was written prior to the defection, and they decided to throw it out there anyway. It makes no sense in light of the current circumstances.

Yes, I think this is a recap of what was going to be presented at the press conference that got cancelled.