| Re: Toshiba deploys new HD-DVD marketing initiatives... No white towel yet!
What I am interested in is seeing what happens with the retailers, like BB and CC. Are they going to keep re-stocking the inventory? It is unknown as to whether its inventory blowout or some delay strategy to keep things open while nogotiations are continued. It has been speculated that BB, CC, and Walmart want a single format and might work together to make that happen.
My other thought is if/when Toshiba does decide its over, are they going to keep selling players, or immediately cut off distribution? How is the software going to be supported once the hardware is no longer sold? How mad are the people who bought one of the $150 players going to be when the format is yanked a few months later, especially after hearing the advertising blitz that's going to make them believe that HD DVD is Thee Format?
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