HD DVD finally dead, format war is over
Posted in Tech/Sci News by Alex on February 19th, 2008
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.
Tags: blu-ray, hd dvd, sony, toshiba
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I guess it was good foresight by Microsoft to not to jump in and include a HD DVD drive in their Xbox 360. Imagine if the war had gone the other way and thousands of PS3 buyers were stuck with paying for obsolete technology.