CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5148 Location: Osceola, Indiana

Its officially unofficial Toshiba has not made an official decision on the fate of HD-DVD....yet.

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/toshiba_no_decision_yet_on_fate_of_hd_dvd/

Mike

**kal** · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:00 am Post subject:

Nothing against Toshiba. This is typical. Companies will deny everything up until the minute before the 'official' press release is announced.

Kal

JustGreg · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:13 am Post subject:

It's all about clearing out those warehouses jammed full of product and getting back as much as possible before throwing in the towel. However if Tosh ran production the way they ran their campaign...they're f*ck***. They'll have no choice but to damn near give the things away or wait for the here and there purchases to deplete the inventory....which could take quite some time. I don't think it will be the latter. Warehouse floorspace is too valuable to 'archive' a dead product.

That said, has anybody happened to notice the mass hysteria to sell off HDDVD hardware on ebay and Craigslist? Even here on this site there have been some For Sales that oozed desperation. I don't know why...the door was left open and the horse is loooooong gone. Sad

Enjoy your short lived victory while you can Sony. You're about to get your collective asses handed to you. Twisted Evil

EDIT:Oh...and Microsoft???...you can come out of hiding now...ya cowardly thumbdicked *******.

Greg

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 7097 Location: Fort Collins, CO

**ecrabb** · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

JustGreg · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:36 am Post subject:

JustGreg · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:49 am Post subject:

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7304

Toshiba is not gonna "officially" kill the format yet. They still have a ton of product out there. They have to spin this for the retailers.

They've lost a ton of money. They have to spin it for the stockholders. Somebody has to walk the plank.

So if you're waiting for official.... you might have to waut a minute. the fact that they've stopped new production means they've pulled the plug.... its just a matter of time.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:27 am Post subject:

WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 9668

MikeEby · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5148 Location: Osceola, Indiana

emdawgz1 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 7304

Ummm is someone gonna edit this thread title???

The surrender is official.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120342115442976687.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Toshiba Exits HD DVD Business,
Ceding Market to Sony's Blu-ray
By YUKARI IWATANI KANE
February 19, 2008 9:26 a.m.

TOKYO -- Blaming the loss of support from a key movie studio, Toshiba Corp. said it is pulling out of the HD DVD business, handing victory to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray technology in the fierce format war over high-definition DVDs.

Toshiba said Tuesday that it would cease production of its HD DVD players and recorders immediately and close out the business by the end of March.

"It was a heartbreaking decision, but we considered the impact of continuing the business on our earnings, the next-generation DVD market and consumers," said Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida at a news conference. He later added that he realized there was no chance of winning the battle, particularly after Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros., a longtime Toshiba partner, made a pivotal decision last month to side with Blu-ray. Since then, retailers from Best Buy Co. to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have all thrown their weight behind Blu-ray.

Though such swift decisions are rare for a Japanese company, especially when corporate pride is at stake, and analysts had assumed Toshiba would let the business fade out quietly, Mr. Nishida said the company felt it was important to read the market environment and take action quickly.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:34 am Post subject:

Thread title changed. Ohhh the mod power! LMAO

My first official act as a mod. Thumbs Up

**Joust** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:31 am Post subject:

too many threads on the same subject.
Analogrocks, can you consolidate them Wink

its a mod test. Mr. Green

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

NO, that's Kal's territory and from what I remember reading this Forum software doesn't play nice with combining threads.

**kal** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:50 am Post subject:

You can't combine threads in pbpBB (the software we use here), only split them. There are also no good mods for it.

Combining the 3-4 threads wouldn't work well anyway as it would be impossible to follow. Give a week and people won't care/read anymore anyway.

Kal

**Joust** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:55 am Post subject:

Aww Kal...you killed my fun with the newbie. He needed to be cut down a peg.
Well...we have been riding him kinda hard. ... its fun eh? Twisted Evil

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:04 am Post subject:

Clarence · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 3051 Location: Northern Virginia

**Joust** · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:12 am Post subject:

yeah, I know... Sad

I was just trying to get a rise out of you

I'll stop being an ass now.
Now, Back to our regularly scheduled Toshiba bashing.