Format War Over, Home Video’s Future Uncertain

Toshiba cleverly positioned its HD DVD hara-kiri as doing a favor for consumers.

“We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida said, claiming that he wanted to avoid confusion among consumers.

Others might call it “saving face.” More pertinently, Toshiba’s departure from...

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