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Surprise? Bluray Adoption Slows, Upconverting DVD Players Find Success

By Devindra | Published: May 2, 2008
After the demise of HD-DVD, it was pretty much expected that Blu-ray adoption would rise since it no longer had a competitor. According to Bits, that doesn’t seem to be the case: According to NPD, sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose a scant 2 percent from February to [...]
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After HD-DVD Demise, Toshiba CEO Says DVD For the Win!

By Devindra | Published: March 6, 2008
In this truly insightful interview the WSJ talks to Toshiba CEO Atsutoshi Nishida about his plans for the company after the failure of HD-DVD. I’ve read quite a few interviews with traditional Japanese CEO’s, and Nishida is definitely a uniquely pragmatic thinker among them. When asked why he gave up on HD-DVD so quickly, he responds [...]
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