Toshiba Postpones HD-DVD Players

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After originally planning to release HD-DVD players to the US market late this year, Toshiba has announced a delay until February or March of 2006. Toshiba and other HD-DVD supporters have agreed that a massive entry into the market would better suit the format over the gradual approach which was originally planned. The change places HD-DVD players on the market around the time of Sony's Blu-Ray packing Playstation 3, which all but eliminates HD-DVD's chance to gain momentum prior to Blu-Ray's big coming out party. The Japanese HD-DVD player launch is still on for the end of this year.

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[~*McoreD*~]

I don't get it. To win the market you have to go there first. If they wait till Blue-Ray gets in, that's no good. That's what AMD used to do until x64.