{"id":29,"date":"2008-02-18T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2008-02-18T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T16:16:24","slug":"toshiba-throws-in-the-towel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba throws in the towel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/blu-ray_250.gif\" alt=\"blu-ray_250.gif\" align=\"left\" \/>Acknowledging the inevitable, Toshiba has withdrawn from the next-generation DVD race. Avoiding a protracted fight is probably a good thing&#8230;no sense in waging a war that they are almost certain to loose. The parallels drawn between the DVD format war and the VHS Betamax war of the late 70s are striking. This time Sony is coming out on top and their Blu-ray format appears destined to be the defacto standard for high-definition DVD recordings. While the VHS Betamax battle was largely won\/lost over recording time and cost, this battle appears to be more about film studio and retail buy-in. Blu-ray was able to secure commitments from many of the leading Hollywood studios. In addition, retail and distribution outlets like Walmart and Netflix jumped on board the Blu-ray train. If you&#8217;ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop before buying a DVD recorder\/player&#8230;it looks like you now have one more consumer electronic gadget on which to spend your &#8220;economic stimulus&#8221; check!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acknowledging the inevitable, Toshiba has withdrawn from the next-generation DVD race. Avoiding a protracted fight is probably a good thing&#8230;no sense in waging a war that they are almost certain to loose. The parallels drawn between the DVD format war and the VHS Betamax war of the late 70s are striking. This time Sony is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/toshiba-throws-in-the-towel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Toshiba throws in the towel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-industry","category-new-media","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}