Dan Ramer also calls end to format war

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I agree with Dan that it makes good business sense (and thus protects shareholder interest, which is their primary responsibility) for Toshiba to discount and sell off existing player inventories first, before giving up. If they didn't at least TRY, they could be accused of negligence. So if you're confused as to why they haven't thrown in the towel yet, this is why, and it's the right thing for them to do as a corporation.

But I disagree with comments that "Toshiba is misleading the public". How so? Over-zealous morons like Ken Graffeo can spit out whatever tripe they want, but he doesn't speak for Toshiba as a corporation, he's HD-DVD PG. It's not as if they're out there with TV advertisements stating they are going to beat Blu-ray--they're just selling their product. (For all we know, the Super Bowl ad will be their concession speech!) I actually haven't seen an HD-DVD TV commercial in WEEKS, personally.

Given the data WIDELY available about Blu's superior sales figures, if any consumer buys into HD-DVD now and thinks it's the format of choice, they have no one to blame but themselves.

Please, people, remember that they make more than HD-DVD.