Roughly Drafted's take on Blu-ray victory

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Originally Posted by Galley

Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD

Toshiba wanted to dump HD DVD back in 2005, but was pressured by Microsoft?

It's not the first time I hear it.

HD DVD was supposed to have launched in 2005, with a substantial first-to-market advantage over Blu-ray. They even had a tentative title list during CES 05. But then AACS got delayed (among other things), so the launch got pushed to 2006, thus missing the crucial holiday season.

If you think about it, Toshiba was (and is) 2nd-tier in CE and by mid-2005 it was clear it wasn't getting any more support from manufacturers, and that it had lost the time advantage. So there was no real possibility of 'winning.'