the end of the format war
Most people have already declared Blu-ray to be the
format war's victor—
even us, begrudgingly—and our recent talks with Toshiba and Universal seem to suggest that the
HD DVD camp might be ready to pull up stakes. Back at CES, so many moons ago,
Microsoft said HD DVD was over when Toshiba said it was. Ken Graffeo, Universal's Executive VP and Co-President of HD DVD promo group, told us the exact same thing: "If Toshiba says it's over, it is over." Our impression? Toshiba knows it's over. The crazy part is this: Just a few weeks ago, it might've gone the other way entirely.
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