Toshiba finally abandons HD-DVD format

February 16, 2008

Toshiba finally abandons HD-DVD formatThere’s nothing quite as unpleasant as monitoring the death rattles of a dying technology; HD-DVD has been bed-ridden with a severe case of inadequacy for a while now. Apparently its time to put the old dog to rest, because Toshiba has decided to let bygones be bygones and stop producing HD-DVD.

This comes from NHK, who reports that Toshiba is dumping the less than competitive format due to the overwhelming success of Blu-Ray, both in Japan as well as America. Blu-Ray achieved success to the tune of 90% market share due to lower high definition players…bad news for HD-DVD.

Then there’s that little-known competition between Microsoft and Sony in the next-gen console war. Blu-Ray players in PS3s have squelched any competition from the add-on HD-DVD player that is available for the Xbox 360; additionally, the competitive pricing of the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player and game console has undoubtedly benefitted the success of Blu-Ray over Toshiba’s HD-DVD format.

Though production is being discontinued, sales of current HD-DVD products will continue (presumably until all those products have been sold) for a while. Toshiba is closing one if its DVD manufacturing plants in Japan as a result.

Adieu, HD-DVD; parting is such lackluster sorrow.

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5 Responses to “Toshiba finally abandons HD-DVD format”

  1. spencer:

    a big simsons ahhhhhhhaaaaa!!!

  2. orion:

    HD DVD YOUR FIRED!!

  3. Pablo:

    This is great for consumers, now we can concentrate on the next HD generation format!!!

  4. Pablo:

    This is great for consumers, now instead of wasting time on a stupid format war confusing people, we can move foward towards the next generation of HD format, BLU-RAY!!!

  5. senacherib:

    Yes!!! I cant wait for discounts on HDdvds. Ill get all da harry potter movies and maybe some remastered or sumthin

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