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Toshiba Execs Declare HD DVD Not Dead Yet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they're-doing-science-and-they're-still-alive dept.

Lucas123 writes "HD DVD proponent Toshiba remains defiant that its format will not succumb to the mounting tsunami of support for Blu-ray Discs. Akio Ozaka, head of Toshiba America Consumer Products, said at CES today that he was surprised by Warner's decision." It should also be noted that the HD DVD group has cancelled many of their meetings at CES.

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  1. Not just Sony! by closer2it · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is *NOT* just a Sony Corporation technology! It's an Association of company's

    From wikipedia:

    The current 18 board members (as of December 2007) are:
    * Apple Inc.
    * Dell
    * Hewlett Packard
    * Hitachi
    * LG Electronics
    * Mitsubishi Electric
    * Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
    * Pioneer Corporation
    * Royal Philips Electronics
    * Samsung Electronics
    * Sharp Corporation
    * Sony Corporation
    * Sun Microsystems
    * TDK Corporation
    * Thomson
    * Twentieth Century Fox
    * Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group / Buena Vista Home Entertainment
    * Warner Home Video Inc. (Exclusively as of January 4 2008)