It took three years to end the format war and now we can finally declare a winner. But it was definately not the consumer that chose Blu-ray over HD DVD, it was the industry that made all the choices.
Van Wynendaele, deputy general manager of HD DVD, now forecasts what we can expect from Toshiba in the future. How will they continue after HD DVD? First the company wants to let us know that all early adaptors don't have to worry about warranties and firmware updates. All players will continue to be protected on the standard Toshiba warranty and firmware updates will be offered when needed.
So what can we expect from Toshiba when it comes to high-definition? Toshiba openly states that the world is changing and that they don't think optical is the only way to enjoy HD content. For now Toshiba is 'studying their strategy', but is willing to say that they are not planning on making Blu-ray players.
We can expect Toshiba to look at different ways to consume movies. Now the company is looking at storage options such as NAND storage and its miniature hard drive range found in Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to continue forward, rather than admitting defeat by selling Blu-ray players.
