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Toshiba to surrender to Blu-Ray
THE DARK satanic rumour mill has turned out a yarn which suggests that HD-DVD's number one backer, Toshiba, is about to throw in the towel and surrender the format wars to Blu-Ray.
Over the last few weeks there have been significant defections to Blu-Ray and each time it has been Toshiba who has piped up for the standard's future.
Well now according to that well-known tech magazine, the Hollywood Reporter even Toshiba has admited that HD-DVD's goose is not only cooked, but served in a fruit sauce and mostly been eaten.
A deep throat within Toshiba told the Reporter that Toshiba will be abandoning its high-definition format.
Officially the outfit has not said a dickie-bird about it yet. The last thing we heard was a statement that Tosh felt HD DVD was the best format for consumers, given the value and consistent quality inherent in our player offerings.
Toshiba has done all it can. It has spent millions on price reductions, advertising and everything. But it still cannot get the studios to back the standard. If it is any consolation, the only people who seem to be splashing out on Blu-Ray disks are the owners of Sony's PS3.
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Didn't you tell us not long ago, that PS3 owners were not buyign Blu-ray discs??

Do you change your story more often than the wind???
1. People are not buying either Blu-Ray OR HD-DVD. The only reason HD-DVD has died is because studios changed their minds on the standard. The only people buying Blu-Ray disks are PS3 users BUT the percentage doing so is still small.
2. Can you think of any duck that is deader than one which has been killed and hung in a shop window in Chinatown.
once again the sheeople are won over by the shiny, fancy and more craptacular brand!!! way to go sony!!!!! 

I guess it makes up for the suckage that is the ps3!!!!
Maybe I don't understand it, but wtf does Toshiba have to do with Peking Duck? Oh right, all them Asians look the same to you.
It was pure marketing genius to include the PS3 with Blu-ray even with the production problems. And because of it they will be the winner. If microsoft or nintendo had done the same with HD-DVD we would be looking at the opposite winner. The technology on the video quality etc is like comparing apples to apples on the normal consumer. But the PS3 with its improving game and user base was sure to win with a little bit of time. I bought mine as soon as they gave me what i needed in the 40gb model for 399 added in 6 free Blu-ray movies, wireless,and an HDMI port and i was sold.
With regards to dumbace's comment: Yeah, crappier "brand" (blu-ray being a standard supported by a plethora of companies) with identical picture quality and higher capacity media. How idiotic these "sheeople" are for supporting a superior product. Do you own a Mac? Perhaps you're unfamiliar with a Superior product costing more.

As for Huh.... What the hell are you on about? Duck does not equal goose. Huh?