Toshiba was the first to get back to me about what it is expecting to do with its HD-DVD laptops. I guess their people had the most time to think about the answer. Either way, here is Toshiba's response to our question. The answers in italics are NOT official comments of Toshiba; they are what we anticipate they really wanted to answer.
Is Toshiba planning on discontinuing HD-DVD drives in its laptops?
Yes.( We apologize to the suckers who bought our nice looking systems with HD drives. We hope you like old movies.)
When will Toshiba stop selling computers with HD drives?
No confirmed date yet. (We plan to keep them on the market until we sell out. We wasted a whole lot of money an this HD-DVD thing. Maybe we can still fool the late adopters.)
And switch to Blu-Ray?
Toshiba will explore alternative HD options for its customers. (It will take us months before we can actually say "alternative to HD-DVD" without crying. The format that starts with a B and ends with a Ray will be available sometime soon in our laptops.)
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