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Toshiba Paid Off To Drop HD-DVD?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the murky-dealings-of-international-business dept.

TripleP writes "Was Toshiba paid-off to concede the HD battle? There are some signs that may point to this as a direct result of the ended format war. Reuters has reported that Sony has agreed to sell its Cell and RSX fabrication plants in Japan to Toshiba. The WSJ is reporting that is is a joint venture in the form of 60% Toshiba,%20 Sony and %20 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc."

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  1. Re:Who cares by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Blu-ray has higher storage and (I think) slightly more DRM, while HD-DVD has no region codes. I'm sure a lot of people won't be affected by region codes, but those of us who get international stuff would have prefered HD-DVD.

  2. Standards should be set by engineers, not PHBs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The problem with the world is we've let the wrong people set the standards. Business should build to standards, not build standards to produce psuedo profits.

    What going around these days is crap, and it's come right back at us!

  3. Re:Who cares by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The space is not meaningless. The Transformers HD-DVD ran out of space for a lossless audio track and was released without one.