Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:05:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> R.I.P. HD DVD: Toshiba reportedly ends the war
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>>| Well, that's it. Toshiba appears to be pulling the plug on HD DVD.
>>| Toshiba has not commented publicly, but a report on Japan's NHK says
>>| Toshiba has made the decision to withdraw from next generation
>>| high-definition DVD production.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873848-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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> HD-DVD lost because of perception.
>
Yep... the perception that hd-dvd was the lesser hardware...
> It wasn't consumers either, it was the salespeople. The second they heard
> about Warner dropping HD-DVD, they started telling their customers not to
> buy HD-DVD players because it was dead, effectively creating a
> self-fulfilling prophesy.
>
They did the right thing in protecting their customers from a DEAD END
format. God bless them.
> HD-DVD players were cheaper than Blue-ray, had more features, cost less to
> produce (both disks and players) and had equal quality to Blu-Ray. By all
> measures, it should have won the war, but it just goes to show how
> perception can cause snowballing.
HD-DVD had (past tense because it is dead) half the storage capacity... and
no one supported it beyond the msft circle jerk...
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Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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