Here's an interesting bit of news. At a recent news conference, Senior Vice President, Hisatsugu Nonaka, stated that Toshiba will be
putting HD DVD drives in all of their laptops next year.
Japan's Toshiba Corp. aims to put disk drives for high-definition
DVDs on all its laptops next year as it strives to gain an edge in the high-stakes next-generation DVD format battle, a Toshiba executive
said on Tuesday.
Sony Corp. equips its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles with Blu-ray drives to win people to the rival
high-definition DVD format, and Toshiba should use a similar tactic, said Toshiba Senior Vice President Hisatsugu Nonaka.
"The
demand is there: people want to watch their favorite movies in high-definition on the road," he told reporters at a news
conference.
While this will definitely get more HD DVD drives out there, it will probably raise the overall cost of the
laptop. As we've seen with the PS3, this is not the way to win over consumers. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be
found here.
