Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Toshiba Picks Up Key HD DVD Support But Pushes Back U.S. Launch

PC giants Microsoft and Intel said this week that they will support Toshiba's HD DVD standard for the next generation of DVD technology, dealing a blow to Sony-backed Blu-ray. However, Toshiba was forced to push back its launch date for product introduction in the U.S. to February or March of next year, meaning that it will miss this year's holiday shopping season.

Bloomberg and Reuters have the full stories:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a9VI6BLDeCGk&refer=japan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050928/tc_nm/japan_toshiba_dc

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