Toshiba to put HD DVD in all its notebooks

Posted on Friday, June 08 2007 @ 9:36 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Toshiba unveiled it will further push the HD DVD standard by putting a HD DVD drive in all of its laptops next year:

"The demand is there: people want to watch their favorite movies in high-definition on the road," he told reporters at a news conference.

Toshiba, which research firm IDC said shipped 9.2 million notebook PCs in calendar 2006, is seeking to land a knock-out blow against the Sony-led Blu-ray camp, but adding high-definition drives to PCs would mean higher prices and could hurt sales.

More info at Reuters.

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