HD-DVD proponents NEC and Toshiba disavowed any responsibility fo...
HD-DVD proponents NEC and Toshiba disavowed any responsibility for the Wall St. Journal report that the Justice Dept. (DoJ) had begun a preliminary investigation into the rival Blu-ray camp (CED Jan 27 p1). A Tokyo-based spokeswoman for Toshiba said…
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her company had no advance knowledge of the report and knew nothing about any DoJ probe. Similar replies were given by NEC’s point man on HD-DVD, Ryoichi (Rick) Hayatsu, and by Hideyuki Irie, dir. of the Office of the Secy. at the DVD Forum. All declined further comment. Meanwhile, an editing error in our report resulted in a quote attributed to a Thomson spokesman being transcribed incorrectly. The Thomson spokesman said his company, like the other Blu-ray members, had had no contact with the Justice Dept. He said Sony “has been the lead company with Blu-ray.” Although Thomson is a member of the Blu-ray Founders group, the spokesman said, the company “is also involved with other next-generation optical disc proposals.”