Toshiba Even More Officially Gives Up the War, Will Launch Blu-Ray Player

[wraggster]

Toshiba, the former leader of Blu-Ray's enemy HD-DVD camp, is admitting defeat in the most final way they can: By launching a Blu-Ray player.

The company's first Blu-Ray/DVD deck should arrive (in Japan first, probably) before Christmas this year, and "sources" say it'll be called the BD-18 (we think. The Google translation is sort of sketchy). We don't know anything else about the alleged player, but we imagine some Toshiba exec is sitting in a bathroom stall, crying quietly and cursing Sony.

http://gizmodo.com/5317683/toshiba-even-more-officially-gives-up-the-war-will-launch-blu+ray-player

[Triv1um]

Is this surprising?

In the end of the day, they are a business they don't have morals. They are just out to make money, and if a Blu-ray player will make them money, they will release one.

This isn't news worthy, a business makes a decent business decision, CALL UP THE PRESS THIS IS A BIG ONE.

[Stone Temple Pilots]

A good example of, "If you can't beat 'em, make a freaking Blu-Ray player".

Isn't that how the saying goes?

[Shrygue]

Very true and I saw this coming for a long time, nothing surprising at all really.