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Blu-ray bigwig: "Toshiba sealed HD DVD's fate with $99 pricing…"
The high-definition war is all over bar the shouting (and trust me, the Blu-ray camp is doing plenty of that). At least, it’s over until Blu-ray comes up against digital distribution, which may wipe the smile off their faces.
As expected, Microsoft confirms the discontinuation of the HD DVD add-on
This will come as no surprise to anyone who knows a smidgen of information regarding the events from the last two months’ worth of HD DVD/Blu-ray torment.
With Toshiba’s announcement last Tuesday that they were ceasing their involvement in the HD DVD format, all eyes were on Microsoft and their Xbox 360.
On Saturday, news leaked that the inevitable had occurred, and Microsoft would discontinue their external HD DVD drive, however they will continue to offer technical support and even repair the £99 device if needed. Don’t give up hope on all…
LG staying with HD DVD to the VERY END – sticking with Blu-ray and HD DVD combo drives
LG has said it’s going to carry on making HD DVD players, using such words as “convenience” and “consumer” to justify its decision to stick with the recently deceased format.
If we were to be cynical about it, though – and there’s little we enjoy more! – we’d say that’s because poor LG has a factory full of the things somewhere in Korea it’s desperately trying to shift before they become worth bugger all.
But that’s not what LG said. It would…
Universal is today's Blu-ray turncoat – HD DVD getting deader by the hour
Your HD DVD player just got that little bit lonelier today, as Universal announced its dumping of exclusive HD DVD support in favour of Blu-ray.
Following HD DVD maker Toshiba’s announcement of the death of HD DVD yesterday, Universal wasted no time in jumping fully on the Blu-ray wagon from the burning wreck of the HD DVD bus…
Samsung says the blindingly obvious about focussing on Blu-ray products
We’re as yet to hear a comment from fellow multi-format player manufacturer LG regarding Toshiba’s withdrawal from the hi-def race, however it’s understood Samsung is (obviously) going to “show more interests in Blu-ray products than rival HD DVDs”, according to The Korea Times’ source.
They announced the BD-UP5000…
eBay overflowing with cut-price HD DVD discs and players
Those eBay sellers are craftier than I first thought. Whilst the announcement from Toshiba that they were to cease production of HD DVD players only arrived this morning, the public has expected it since early January, when Warner battered the format into oblivion, by deciding on exclusive support of Blu-ray and finishing its contract with HD DVD.
A quick glance on eBay this morning has turned up 2,381 auctions for actual HD DVD discs, with some appallingly cheap options including a job lot of six high-profile films for £49 with 2 hours left (at HMV, this would retail for £124.92), the…
Toshiba makes formal announcement about not making a formal announcement; Microsoft's Xbox 360 + Blu-ray = May?
Things have changed in the few hours since we last wrote about the format wars! Toshiba has spoken! Open your ears and bow down to the mighty Tosh god as he delivers his sermon…
Whilst they’re not surrendering just yet, the general public is awaiting an announcement later this week about the future of their HD DVD format support.
Meanwhile, rumours about Microsoft releasing a Blu-ray…
Now you can buy a hi-def player: the five best Blu-ray players
It’s been building up to a crescendo, with Toshiba’s announcement expected sometime this week that they are indeed pulling their support of the HD DVD format. At least the conclusion to this bloody battle will result in all of you finally being able to splurge your retirement money on a hi-def player, or upgrade your tired multi-format to one of these Blu-ray players.
So, in no particular order, here’s the top five best Blu-ray players, as voted by Tech Digest and HDTV-UK.
1.) Panasonic DMP-BD30 – this baby offers full 1080p playback, Final Standard Profile functionality, picture-in-picture, audio mixing, Panasonic’s P4HD technology, 1080/24 playback, HDMI 1.3B, Deep Colour compatibility, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio decoding, SD memory card slot, AVCHD codec, and EZ-Sync. £349, or $499.95, out now…
Michael Bay reminds everyone he was right about HD DVD and Blu-ray from the start
Michael Bay, the hi-def industry’s court jester, has been caught saying ‘nyah nyah, told you so’ boasting about how he predicted Blu-ray’s success right from the get-go at the recent Visual Effects Society’s annual award show.
“Blu-ray’s better, and I told everyone … I was very vocal about it. I knew HD [DVD] was not going to make it. Am I thrilled? It really wasn’t my fight, but remember what I said in the press? I was kind of saying HD [DVD]’s going to lose, no-one believed me.”
Director Bay has…
LG introduces world’s fastest Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD DVD-ROM to the UK
Looking to take your PC into your world of high-definition? You can hedge your bets with the LG GGW-H20L drive. It’s claimed to be the world’s fastest Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive, with the ability to read and write Blu-ray at 6x.
