Toshiba press release to discontinue HD-DVD business via Gizamodo, 19 February, 2008
Company Remains Focused on Championing Consumer Access to High Definition Content
TOKYO–Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision [...]
It’s inevitable that HD-DVD camp is surrendering their defeat clean and out. Engadget is reporting that Toshiba, the sole saviour of HD-DVD with price reduction in all forms for last few months is reevaluating market and was reported to be on development of Blu-ray players on their labs.
From the words of Toshiba via Engadget,
“Jodi Sally, VP of [...]
Microsoft has created a website where you can know all the information about HD-DVD authoring and also provided tools which can be used to author HD-DVD.
While the technology used to author HD DVD interactivity support far more advanced capabilities, the production process and workflow is similar to that for authoring standard DVDs.HD DVDs use HDi™ technology to [...]
via Engadget,
Regrettably, there’s not a lot to go on just yet, but DigiTimes has it that HP will soon be launching “next-generation PCs with a Blu-ray / HD DVD dual-format burner.” The announcement was reportedly issued at a product presentation held in Singapore, and while no model numbers were doled out, we can purportedly expect [...]
Via EngadgetHD,
LG has shown in CEDIA booth , their new combo player playing both HD-DVD and Blu-ray for the price tag of $999. Cool.
Will samsung and LG take HD-DVD and Blu-ray players and media to the masses?
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Are we really part of digital Revolution?
U.S, Europe and Japan are talking about HD Broadcast / HD-DVD & Blu-Ray disc wars. We in India not able to find HD-DVD & Blu-Ray Blank Discs / Recorders / Players to begin with. It seems that, there is non-availbility of HD-DVD media as well as HD-DVD writer from [...]
Via Engadget
There is no doubt that both Hi-Def disc formats are a work in progress, and the latest update (for second-generation HD DVD players only) from Toshiba keeps HD DVD’s interactive content at least one step ahead of Blu-ray. This latest update will help HD DVD fans enjoy web-enabled content included on a few titles [...]
EngadgetHD reports that Microsoft is not so keen on supporting HD Optical Discs both HD DVD and Blu-ray.Richard Doherty of Microsoft says that they are not ready to deliver HD content on an optical disc in five to ten years time period and further dug his hole by suggesting that his company would “rather [...]
HD DVD 223 vs Blu-ray 254.
Blu-ray
Blood & Chocolate (Sony)
Cruel Intentions (Sony)
Daddy’s Little Girls (Lionsgate)
Ghost Rider (Sony)
Music and Lyrics (Warner)
Primeval (Buena Vista)
Seven Years in Tibet (Sony)
HD DVD
Black Christmas (2006) (Weinstein) [...]
HD DVD 212 vs Blu-ray 247.
Blu-ray
Blood Diamond (Warner)
Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band: Live in Dublin (Sony Music)
Coming to America (Paramount)
The Cowboys (Warner)
Hellboy (Sony)
The Messengers (Sony)
Norbit (Paramount)
Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season (Sony)
Rio Bravo (Warner)
Trading Places (Paramount)
HD DVD
Coming to America (Paramount)
The Cowboys (Warner)
Norbit (DreamWorks)
Rio Bravo (Warner)
Trading Places (Paramount)