TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp will have to swallow its pride, exiting from its DVD war with Sony, but analysts say it's a smart move to cut its losses now rather than later.

This has been in the works for a while, but only today it occured to me...

Did Sony just win a format war?!

I may have to revise my assumptions about our land war prospects in Asia...

Toshiba loses face but saves money in DVD defeat | Reuters