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Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses
— Company Remains Focused on Championing Consumer Access to High
Definition Content — TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today announced that
it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD
and has decided it will no longer develop …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from Toshiba's HD DVD press conference in Tokyo
— Engadget Japan is live at Toshiba's HD DVD press conference in Tokyo
right now. It's nearing 5PM, when the bell is expected to toll for HD
DVD, and we can all move on with our new lives as Blu-ray (or download)
buying consumers.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:29 minutes ago
Toshiba delivers its Betamax address
— Toshiba officially dropped its plans for HD DVD Tuesday after
Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Netflix and a parade of others abandoned the
high-definition video format for Sony's Blu-ray. — The statement
indicates the obvious-HD DVD was doomed.