HD DVD finally dead, format war is over

It’s official: Toshiba’s president has just made a statement about the company’s “discontinuation of HD DVD businesses.” RIP HD DVD, March 31, 2006 - February 19, 2008.

We can all finally rest in peace knowing the Blu-ray has won the format war (hence the big, shiny, blue logo to the right).

In a last-gasp effort, Toshiba did announce that it will “continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives.” However, with a lack of HD DVD movies, we don’t see that position getting much better.

See the press release here.