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Toshiba officially quits HD DVD

Toshiba has officially announced it is pulling out of HD DVD production leaving Sony’s Blu-ray the format war victor and ending weeks of speculation. In a statement on its Japanese website Toshiba says it has “decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders”. Toshiba said it will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD …

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Toshiba to announce “war is over”

With an announcement from Toshiba imminent, the next-gen movie format war is almost at an end, with HD-DVD falling to its Sony-boosted rival, Blu-ray. According to Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei, Toshiba is expected to announce its immediate withdrawal from the HD DVD business in a press conference at 5PM Tuesday Tokyo time (7PM EST). Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida is expected …

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