<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/894c70b5-86f0-45e9-b2aa-d739d0506260/93BE9527-749F-42E1-B54F-C5FCD2D1DB60/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070624_765772.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070624_765772.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives" style="font-size: 11px;">www.businessweek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070624_765772.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives"><P> Fate has not been kind to Nishida's plans. One of the centerpieces of that plan, Toshiba's HD DVD format, is desperately looking for a lifeline after a series of major disappointments that culminated June 18 with video rental chain Blockbuster (<A rel="ticker" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=BBL">BBL</A>) announcing it would expand next-generation DVD rentals to 1,700 company-owned stores from 250, but only in the rival Blu-ray format. "Blu-ray rentals are significantly outpacing HD DVD rentals," Blockbuster said in a statement. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070624_765772.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives"><P> The move clearly is a major blow to HD DVD. Video rentals typically account for a huge chunk of home movie viewing. They tend to be more important in the early days of a new format, before disks get cheap enough to become an impulse buy. "Blockbuster is still your corner DVD store," says Tim Bajarin, president of tech consultancy Creative Strategies. "They are a very strong presence and are a very strong influence on the market." </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/93BE9527-749F-42E1-B54F-C5FCD2D1DB60/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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