Toshiba To Push HD DVD With its Laptops

Toshiba one of the prime supporters of HD DVD, has announced that it plans to ship all its upcoming and future laptops with HD DVD drives as a standard accessory. This is a good move as Toshiba has sold 9.2 million laptops according to a study done by IDC.

This announcement was made by Toshiba’s senior Vice president Hisatsugu Nonaka, even as he compared Toshiba's decision to Sony's strategy. Sony equipped its next-gen gaming console the PS3, with Blu-Ray drives and this alone has been responsible for making Blu-Ray currently the more dominant standard in the struggle between Blu-Ray and HD DVD.

With this move, consumers can look forward to a new price war as the HD DVD camp starts to fight back.