Quote Originally Posted by drseid
This loss should be no surprise to anyone. If anyone would have asserted Toshiba or Sony were making money on either format at this stage of the game I would have called them "crazy."
Dave, bluray player manufacturers are making money on each player.

This is a calculated risk made by Toshiba (and Sony, et al.) to lose money in the short-run in exchange for long-term potential larger profit. Makes sense to me...

---Dave
I do not think it is just the loss money, its the amount. They have lost all of this money, and they are really competitive no where. Not here, not in Asia, Europe or Australia.

Two long time industry analyst announced just the day before yesterday that HD DVD PG paying Paramount/Dreamworks for exclusive releases has not bought HD DVD more market share. The weekly sales numbers are just about the same as they have been all year, 2:1. They also stated that studio releases scheduled for 2008 on HD DVD are going to seal its doom. When I looked at what has been announced, I have to agree with them.