Toshiba slashes HD DVD hardware sales forecast
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Promotion Group's numbers not so rosy either Toshiba has taken an axe to its HD DVD player sales forecast, despite claims from the HD DVD Promotion Group (PG) that the company's "latest promotional efforts are clearly resonating with consumers and showing that price is king when it comes to hardware".â¦
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Consumer electronics maker Toshiba  Corp (6502.T) said on Monday it is slashing prices of its HD  DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major  Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's (6758.T) Blu-ray  format high definition DVDs.
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Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.
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Japan's Toshiba Corp  waved the  white flag in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday,  giving up on its HD DVD format after losing the support of key  studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony  Corp .
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Toshiba has halted production of HD DVD players and recorders, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday evening
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No We surrender Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD "following recent major changes in the market", spinning the failure of its favourite format as a move made to strengthen the industry.â¦
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Japan's Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) will introduce laptop computers with HD DVD technology in December 2005, aiming to pressure rivals in the battle over formats for next-generation DVDs, the Nihon Keizai daily said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO: Major Japanese computer maker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it is aiming to sell laptop computers loaded with its next generation DVD drive by next year.
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Toshiba is seeking to land a knock-out blow against the Sony-led Blu-ray camp, but adding high-definition drives to PCs would mean higher prices and could hurt sales.
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Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Sunday  its HD DVD high-definition video format is not dead despite  being dealt a big setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to  exclusively back Sony Corp's (6758.T) rival Blu-ray technology.
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Toshiba may pull the plug on its high-definition DVD format but no decision has been made, the Japanese electronics maker said in a statement Monday.
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With the news early Tuesday that Toshiba is ending the next generation optical disc war by pulling the plug on HD DVD, the manufacturer said it has no plans to support or manufacture Blu-ray players. Likewise, Microsoft said it has no plans to announce.
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Toshiba has abandoned the HD DVD high-definition video disc format, it announced Tuesday.
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Toshiba will stop making its HD DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the standard.
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Budget competition from other consumer electronics devices is among factors lowering sales estimates.
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Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Sunday  it sold 1 million HD DVD digital video recorders in North  America last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered  content.
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Phillip Swann, president and CEO of TVPredictions.com, discusses Toshiba's announcement that it will stop making HD DVD players and recorders.