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Blue Light Special writes "With HD DVD on life support, Toshiba is reportedly preparing to bow to the inevitable and allow HD DVD to expire quietly. 'While denying that a decision on the fate of HD DVD has been made, a Toshiba marketing exec left the door wide open. "Given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players," Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products, said.'" A few folks have also noted that Wal-mart is joining the Blu-ray train, further lowering the stock of HD DVD.

NetFlix has also made a stand - with BluRay.

I would imagine the sales figures for BluRay have skyrocketed over the past several weeks and sales of HD DVD's have plummetted. There have been many buyers on the fence waiting for this to settle out. I am guessing that they are ready to buy now.

I am. Blu-Ray is pretty darn impressive...

I'm glad Toshiba took one on the chin. I'm not say'n I hold a grudge but I'm still pissed that they were slipping the Soviets information on how to make Mother Russia's subs run quieter during the Cold War. Okay, that was awhile ago but I've avoided Toshiba products since.

Too bad I didn't buy stock in Blu-Ray about 6 weeks ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23204819/

Toshiba threw in the towel. Blu-Ray wins.