Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Feb 2008 13:24 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD-DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format. Toshiba said it made the decision to cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD-DVDs after 'recent major changes in the market'. It promised to continue offering support and service for all 1.3+ million Toshiba HD-DVDs sold so far.
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2005-07-06
Fully agreed! This whole mess could've been avoided if:
1. they kept working with Sony and 180+ other companies (source: http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/ section 1.3) back in 2005 to realize a unified format;
2. they didn't cowardly steal Paramount/Dreamworks from Blu-ray and made them sign an exclusive HD-DVD contract.
Now I can't wait for Transformers to be released on Blu-ray...it'll probably be the ultimate high-tech demonstration of what that platform is capable of! :-D