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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Japan's Toshiba Corp  said on  Tuesday it would stop promoting its HD DVD format for the  next-generation DVD after losing the support of key studios and  retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony Corp  .
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Like a boxer trying to regain the momentum after a volley of body blows, Toshiba is making efforts to rally the HD high-definition DVD alliance. In the past few days, it has dropped the regular price on several HD players, continued a promotion of free movies, and reportedly will increase its marketing campaign.
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Toshiba has abandoned the HD DVD high-definition video disc format, it announced Tuesday. (More to fol...
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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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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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Toshiba has hammered another nail in the Blu-Ray coffin, by announcing a dual layer HD-DVD and DVD disc. This means that studios will be able to sell discs that have the DVD version on one side and the HD-DVD
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TOKYO - Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. said they are backing the HD DVD format over the rival Blu-ray Disc scheme, announcing plans here on Wednesday (Oct. 20) to launch new notebook computers in 2005 with HD DVD drives.
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Japanese electronics maker JVC has slashed its forecasts for this year, predicting it would only just break even due to sluggish sales of its high-end televisions and software.
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Japan's Toshiba Corp waved the white flag  in the home movie war, 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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Microsoft Corp does not expect sales of its Xbox 360 game console to suffer if Toshiba Corp discontinues HD DVD technology, Microsoft said in a statement on Monday.
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Toshiba Corp  is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp , a company source said on Saturday.
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Toshiba announced plans to include an HD DVD-enabled DVD player in its laptops starting in December next year. The new drives will be limited to the high-end &quot;Qosmio&quot; brand, and will sell for around 200,000-300,000 yen (US$1,845-$2,770).
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In a sign the high-definition format war is far from over, Toshiba on Monday dropped the suggested retail price of its entry-level HD DVD player to under $150. That puts the HD-A3 $250 cheaper than Sony's PlayStation 3.
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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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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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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¦