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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Yeah, you think it's a coincidence that the PS3 is the cheapest Blu-Ray player? Sony is forcing the other manufacturers to stay within a certain price-range so that they can sell PS3's. This is what Sony always does, and most of the time they fail, thank God, but unfortunately they were able to buy all of the content, removing consumer choice from the equation.
If you want to do HD on a disc now, you're going to do Blu-Ray, and you're damn well going to do it how Sony sees fit. They'll let you pay $199 for a player when they're good and ready to drop the PS3 to that price...and not a day sooner.