Archive for the tag "toshiba"
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD, Trade | No Comments »
The Nikkei's reporting the Toshiba is likely to write down just under $1 billion in its failed war on Blu-ray. The company has refused to comment on the report, which ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Sony, Trade | 2 Comments »
According to this, Sony's shares rose up to 5 percent on the NYSE this morning on the news that Toshiba has pulled out of the next gen movie disc race.
"We ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, PS3, Sony | 4 Comments »
According to this, this morning's HD-DVD cancellation is likely to push PS3 sales up 10 percent in the short-term and lay the way clear for a heavy increase in sales ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in HD-DVD | 9 Comments »
As predicted, Toshiba's confirmed a "discontinuation" of its HD-DVD businesses.
In a statement, the company said:
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in HD-DVD | 5 Comments »
According to this, Toshiba is about to hold a press conference detailing the fate of HD-DVD, as reported by Nikkei. Don't blame us if we've got the time wrong. It's ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in HD-DVD, Japan, Retail | No Comments »
Please, let it end. According to this, the Nikkei is now reporting that Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida will be announcing the final discontinuation of HD DVD tomorrow, as well as ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in America, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, PS3, Retail, Sony | No Comments »
According to this, sales of the 40Gb PS3 SKU have risen 60 percent in Amazon.com since news emerged over the weekend that Toshiba is about to pull out of the ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in HD-DVD, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft has issued a statement on the impending announcement on the fate of HD-DVD from Toshiba, saying that the company's withdrawal from the next gen disc space won't have "any ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in HD-DVD, Trade | No Comments »
Toshiba has issued a statement saying that the fat lady hasn't sung quite yet on HD-DVD, despite reports from both NHK and Reuters to the contrary.
"The media reported that Toshiba ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD | 1 Comment »
While Toshiba is yet to make a formal announcement on the state of its beleaguered HD-DVD format - following weekend reports that the company is to cancel the disc brand ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD, PS3, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
According to this, a final decision on the fate of HD-DVD may come from Toshiba as soon as Tuesday.
"A company official, speaking on condition of anonymity as she is not ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD, PS3, Sony, That was the news, Trade | 1 Comment »
Hindsight’s a beautiful thing. We all said CES was terrible for gaming this year, and we were right in part. Microsoft decided to stay away, not even showing Xbox 360 ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD | No Comments »
According to this, Toshiba is expected to formally announce the demise of the HD-DVD format "within the next few days - not weeks."
Japanese publication NHK confirmed the decision on Saturday, ...
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD, PS3, Sony | 2 Comments »
Following Wal-Mart's decision to cease stocking HD-DVD films and players in favour of Blu-ray, Toshiba is to pull out of the next-gen disc race, according to this.
Blu-ray has already flooded ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, HD-DVD | No Comments »
Well, it was hardly going to be particulalrly pleased about it, was it? UK retailer Woolworths dumped HD-DVD today, meaning Blu-ray will be the only next generation disc movie format ...
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