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HD DVD didn't lose the format war because of bad picture quality or high prices. This video breaks down the real structural reasons behind Toshiba's decision to discontinue HD DVD in February 2008, just 54 days after Warner Bros. announced it was moving to Blu-ray exclusively. From the manufacturing cost advantages Toshiba built the format around, to the studio commitment architecture that left one critical partnership unresolved, to the rapid chain reaction that followed Warner's announcement, this is the story of how two reasonable commercial assumptions failed at exactly the wrong moment.
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