an announcement by Toshiba Europe CEO said that the company isn't looking to add Blu-ray capabilities to its laptops.

The company behind the creation of HD DVD released information on a new range of laptops today that didn't contain a high-definition drive. Instead, it houses the capability to upscale standard definition to HD.

When asked about the lack of Blu-ray support, Alan Thompson, CEO for Toshiba Europe said: "At this present time we are not using Blu-ray. Blu-ray is just one of many ways that you can get HD content and is not required for accessing HD content."

When pressed further on whether Toshiba was just 'saving face' following the HD format war, Thompson commented: "This upscaling technology was developed before we discontinued HD DVD."

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