"Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it may delay the year-end launch of its next-generation HD DVD players, potentially undermining its advantage as the first supplier to put such machines on the market," reports Reuters.
"We are now in talks with Hollywood studios and large-scale retailers to seek the most effective timing of the launch and best way to launch," a Toshiba spokeswoman said.
"We originally aimed for the year-end launch in the United States. But we have not really decided on that."
Comment: I've written about the next-gen DVD format wars in my column in today's Online, thinking that HD-DVDs main chance would come partly from being first to market...
