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Japanese tech firm Toshiba has struck back at suggestions that Sony’s Blu-Ray format is winning the hi-def content war by claiming that 60 per cent of all hi-def set top players sold are HD-DVD, according to The Inquirer.
However, looking at Toshiba’s numbers, it seems that its stats do not take into account global sales of Sony’s Blu-Ray equipped PlayStation 3 console.
Toshiba says that over 150,000 dedicated HD-DVD players have been sold to date, with a movie attach rate of over four-to-one compared to Blu-Ray.
“Toshiba’s latest promotional efforts are clearly resonating with consumers,” the firm stated.