Tosh to tempt laptop buyers with free HD DVDs
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| Buy it and the company will send you the discs - worth £75, it said.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/21/toshiba_hd_dvd_offer/
It has always been dodgy... how Microsoft and Toshiba "dumped" products and
possibly bribed studios to switch to HD-DVD (see below). It doesn't receive
much coverage, but it may be similar to Microsoft's OOXML frauds, which are
well recoreded.
Related:
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival
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| But money talks: Paramount and DreamWorks Animation together will receive
| about $150 million in financial incentives for their commitment to HD
| DVD, according to two Viacom executives with knowledge of the deal but
| who asked not to be identified.
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| The incentives will come in a combination of cash and promotional
| guarantees. Toshiba, for instance, will use the release of “Shrek the
| Third” as part of an HD DVD marketing campaign.
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| Paramount and DreamWorks Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the
| most prominent technology company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not
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| rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. “We provided no financial
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| incentives to Paramount or DreamWorks whatsoever,” said Amir Majidimehr,
| the head of Microsoft’s consumer media technology group.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/technology/21disney.html?ei=5088&en=d4e1f285e2f41437&ex=1345348800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1187698143-B5wO3L/F+4r1NyAsum87vQ
Is Toshiba Giving Away The Razor [HD DVD] To Get You To Buy The Blades?
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| I just received an e-mail tonight from the folks at the EMA (Electronic
| Merchant's Association), who are responsible for a big industry event next
| week, the Home Media Expo.
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http://www.dvddossier.com/2007/07/a2-toshiba-hd-d.html
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