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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. More discussion here: by BigBadBus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.rtforum.co.uk/

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  2. From the people by future+assassin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    who brought you corporate root kits onto consumers, no thanks. I've already decided to never buy another Sony product. I'm 100% happy with DVD and the viewing movies in HD doesn't do much for me. Now I have to pay more. LOL get real, I speak with my wallet. Yes it might not mean much but they still don't get my money.

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    by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
  3. HD-DVD Consumer buy back? by blankoboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    So, hopefully Toshiba will offer to buy back all the HD-DVD hardware and media from their poor/unassuming consumers since they lied and were touting as the next big thing. No? I didn't think so. Boycott the b*st*rds.

    /happy I stayed away from both formats. DVD is still fine for me =).

  4. It's HD DVD without a hyphen, fools! by News+for+nerds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Though nobody will care about the dead format anyway, the official name of Toshiba's HD format is "HD DVD", not "HD-DVD".

    As for the transfer of semiconductor plants, it was decided well before the Warner switch. I wonder why this kind of conspiracy stories continue even though you can search Google and know it's false speculation by the TFA immediately.