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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So Toshiba has officially surrendered in the HD format war. I’ve started an online Petition asking Toshiba to release the specifications for their entire line of HD-DVD players:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HD-DVDSpecRelease/
Wouldn’t it be cool to use your player as an HD capable MythTV frontend? Toshiba HD-DVD players are powered by a MIPS processor and already run Linux with BusyBox. They are network capable (with an ethernet port) and have a full set of video connections. Whether Toshiba responds is any body’s guess. The more signatures the better. Thanks in advance.