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Blu-Ray Wins Over HD-DVD

by markjabo on February 19th, 2008

Most Consumers Believe Headline Refers to Episode of ‘American Gladiators’

After years spent answering the question “What if there was an HD format war and nobody came?” Toshiba Co. tossed in the towel and today announced they would halt production on whatever they were making that used the HD format.

Consumer interviews showed most buyers were more likely to be able to name the capital of the Uzbekistan than highlight a difference between the two formats.

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Celine vs. Wolf - Unlike HDTV, consumers would pay to see that

Executives at Sony Corp., described as the big winner in the format battle, were ecstatic with one official quoted as saying, “I haven’t been this excited since the uproar over our copyright protection software crushed Celine Dion’s CD sales.”

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