Toshiba rumored to drop HD-DVD?

[sk8ordie]

Not sure how legitimate this site is... but interesting none the less:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib77125d96b22e86027d0bfb0c25aa58d

 

[mac-er]

Steve Ballmer must be pissed.

 

[Luis]

About time I'd say.

 

[Victor ch]

Steve Ballmer must be pissed.

And Sony's CEO and staff must be jumping around screaming like little girls, after all they deserve it after loosing to VHS back in the days. Long live Betamax errr I mean Blu-Ray

-Victor

 

[Abstract]

Haha. I want to see Steve Ballmer jump around like a madman again.

 

[Luis]

Haha. I want to see Steve Ballmer jump around like a madman again.

Developers! Developers! Developers!

 

[ajx22]

LMAO - Ballmer will be the downfall of M$

.....yet Xbox 360's are supposedly impossible to find inretail channels though.......

.......did M$ secretly recall them so they could replace the obsolete HD-DVD drives with ??? - oh wait; the only other option is Blu-Ray.

 

[Lancetx]

Wal-mart officially announced this morning that they are also dropping HD-DVD as of this June. Between the recent announcements by Netflix, Best Buy and now Wal-mart, the HD format war is definitely all but over. Toshiba has no choice but to throw in the towel now.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/15/technology/wal-mart_blu-ray/index.htm?postversion=2008021511