On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:05:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 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
HD-DVD lost because of perception.
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.
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.
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