Is Toshiba Going out of Business?

[wulf109]

The title says it all.

[Number Six]

What do you base this question on? Do you have a link to a news story?

[Dv8ted2]

No

[lordsmurf]

If a bear shits in the woods, and nobody is there to smell it, does it stink?

[Xylob the Destroyer]

If a smurf shits in the woods and nobody sees it, is it still blue?

Considering the fact that Toshiba is a mulit-national conglomerate with multiple companies under it, including Westinghouse and various power plants, and a partnership with UPS I'd have to say no.
If you're referring to the 'failure' of it's HD-DVD product, that's a tiny little blip on the radar for a company of Toshiba's size. Anybody who thought that Toshiba's entire future was riding on a video format would have to be retarded.

[zzyzzx]

Did they go out of business yet?

If they did, would anybody notice?

[Faustus]

If they can make consumer laptops that dont' have overheating problem they'll be fine.

[gll99]

I really like their crt 27" and 32" with component inputs bought in 2001/2002. Lots of use and still going strong. Lately I looked at their lcd 1080p HDTV but was surprised by the fact that they won't do 1080p over VGA . Somehow they have restricted the res to much lower. The LG sets and many off brands like Dynex and Insignia don't have these restrictions. That's a turnoff.

In case someone wonders why I wouldn't just use hdmi that's a good point but I like the fallback to analog because some HDTV have overscan issues over hdmi and some reported success over vga. Better to have more options than less. Anyway I don't know why they would deliberately limit themselves that way when other companies are not.

Another thing that won't endear them is advertising a 120Hz tv as being 240Hz and setting a higher price point for it. The bold type tag line says "Toshiba 42" 1080p 240Hz LCD HDTV** (42ZV650U" but the fine print says "For high-speed action, Clearscan 240 combines 120 frames per second with an advanced backlight scanning technology to create a 240Hz effect..." Yet their panel are really slow compared to other manufacturers at a reported 8ms response time. The devil's in the detail. How many people will be influenced by the main tag line showing 240Hz and won't see that it's a simulated effect until after they bring it home and it's too late. I'm not saying they are bad TVs but I prefer straighter advertising.

I doubt they are going under and I was a big fan but now I'm looking elsewhere so at least they have lost my business if that means anything in the big picture.