Toshiba says cost of HD DVD exit is 65 billion yen

[The News Bot]

Toshiba has lowered it earning forecast for the year, announcing that it will take a 65 billion yen loss for exiting the HD DVD business. The company lowered its group profit forecast for the financial year ending March 31 to 125 billion yen, down from 137 billion yen last year.In a statement, Toshiba says: [...]
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[Owen824]

so about £340 million...not so bad. i have my player and a spare back up and a load of free hd dvd's

[Double_en]

It may have cost Toshiba 65 billion yen, but I paid £209 for my EP30 and now you can get it for £69, now thats what I call a loss.

I guess we all knew when we bought into Hi-def there would be a winner and a loser.
We just have to accept that HD-DVD lost. No point in crfying over spilt milk.
I have Blu-Ray as well and will just carry on with them from now on.
Not to fussed to be honest and BluRay players should start to become more reasonably priced in the coming year.

Carl

[Rich777]

Originally Posted by carl15

I guess we all knew when we bought into Hi-def there would be a winner and a loser.
We just have to accept that HD-DVD lost. No point in crfying over spilt milk.
I have Blu-Ray as well and will just carry on with them from now on.
Not to fussed to be honest and BluRay players should start to become more reasonably priced in the coming year.

Carl

It may take a while for Blu ray players to drop. PS3 is the best option still :waiting: