HD-DVD lost because there was only one hardware manufacturer and there could only be one hardware manufacturer. Toshiba was taking a huge loss on each player sold, which was bad for them, but also made it impossible for any other manufacturer to come in and make money selling players either.
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why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 29th 2008 9:46PM
HD-DVD lost because there was only one hardware manufacturer and there could only be one hardware manufacturer. Toshiba was taking a huge loss on each player sold, which was bad for them, but also made it impossible for any other manufacturer to come in and make money selling players either.
HD-DVD didn't lose, it was never in the running.