Toshiba to Give Up on HD Format, Ceding Field to Sony
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The Toshiba Corporation is planning to give up on its HD DVD format, formally conceding defeat to the competing Blu-ray technology backed by Sony.
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Troubled format doomed, claim Japanese moles Toshiba's board of directors will this week meet to put and end to the company's production of HD DVD machines, it has been claimed.â¦
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Henceforth, today shall be remembered as Victory Format day Toshiba has officially abandoned its HD DVD technology, surrendering to Sony's Blu-ray in the entertainment industry's biggest format war since VHS beat Betamax in the 1980s.â¦
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Four Hollywood studios promised to support Toshiba&#39;s next generation of DVD technology, due in stores next fall. The technology, called HD-DVD, is doing battle with Sony
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At just after 3:00 am Eastern Time, Toshiba officially pulled the plug on its efforts to promote and manufacture HD DVD home theater consoles and disc drives, announcing its intention to cease all manufacturing and promotional operations by the end of March.
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Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on  its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding defeat  to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp, a  company source said on Saturday.
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Toshiba Corp  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  rival Blu-ray technology.
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Investors on Monday welcomed Toshiba's signals that it may abandon the HD DVD format, surrendering to rival Sony's Blu-ray in the battle to set the next standard of high-definition DVDs.
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Toshiba Corp. plans to abandon the plasma display panel television market and would begin next summer producing surface conduction electron emitter display (SED) panels for flat panel televisions with 40-inch or larger screens.
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Demise could be 'a matter of weeks' away Is Toshiba about to fall on its sword and announce the demise of HD DVD? That's certainly what one report citing an unnamed mole within the HD DVD camp is claiming, even though Toshiba itself - surprise, surprise - is having none of it.â¦
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Ending a multiyear format battle with Sony-backed Blu-ray, Toshiba finally throws in the towel Tuesday, announcing it will no longer manufacture or sell HD DVD equipment.
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The Japanese electronics giant threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology, announcing that it would no longer develop, produce or market disc players for the format.
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So why buy HD DVD discs then? A week after the battle with Blu-ray Disc swung further toward that rival format, Toshiba said it will promote its players on their ability to upscale standard-definition content for HDTVs.â¦
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Japan's Toshiba Corp  surrendered  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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Reuters confirms Toshiba will cease manufacturing HD-DVD equipment, which leaves Blu-Ray as the presumptive victor in the irrelevant optical disk format war. Rob Beschizza reports in his Gadget Lab blog.
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What many saw coming officially arrives on Tuesday with an announcement by Toshiba that it will no longer make HD DVD players, ceding the field to Blu-ray.
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Sony's Blu-ray looks set to become the standard for high-definition DVDs after Toshiba signalled Monday that it may give up in a long-running format battle, to the relief of investors.