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Home Theater
February 27, 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Cheaper, Faster, Blu-rayer If you've been waiting for the prices of stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players to reach a more reasonable level, Sony says that day is almost here.   |
Home Theater
December 12, 2007
Mark Fleischmann |
Is 3-Layer HD DVD Backward Compatible? The DVD Forum has approved a new triple-layer HD DVD with capacity of 51 gigabytes, but it remains uncertain whether the new disc will play on existing HD DVD hardware. |
Home Theater
June 29, 2009 |
Will Toshiba Support Blu-ray? Toshiba may be contemplating a move into Blu-ray. If it happens, the move would be quite a turnaround for the company that developed Blu-ray's superb competitor HD DVD. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
John R. Quain |
The High-Def DVD War In the seesaw battle over which high-definition DVD technology will become the next standard, two companies have finally made a commitment. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD DVD Coming - Just Not Yet Toshiba has delayed the release of its HD DVD player until HD DVD titles are released by Warner Home Video. |
Home Theater
April 28, 2009 |
China Develops Blu Competitor Look out, Blu-ray. You've got a new competitor in the Chinese domestic market. And it's based, in part, on your old rival HD DVD. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
HD DVD, Now What? The final arbiter in the high-definition DVD conflict might be Blockbuster Video or Costco. |
Home Theater
March 29, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Which Day for this Blu-ray? Panasonic says its first Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, the DMP-BD10, will be available this September for under $1,500 in the U.S. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2008 |
Toshiba to Quit HD DVDs, Ends Format War Toshiba surrendered in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday, giving up on its HD DVD format. |
PC World
April 2006
Dan Tynan |
High-Def Discs Battle for Your Bucks Should you buy a new HD disc player? Probably, but not anytime soon. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Andrew Park |
Video Players: HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray The next-generation video formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, have 5 to 10 times the capacity of old DVDs. Here's the catch: Blu-ray won't work in HD-DVD players and vice versa. Manufacturers have hinted that future players could show both, but for now you'll have to choose sides. |
Home Theater
September 4, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Toshiba Makes Peace with Blu-ray Toshiba has launched its first Blu-ray player -- the BDX2000 -- just in time for CEDIA. |
Home Theater
June 7, 2007 |
Blu-ray and HD DVD Pricing Eases The bitterly contested race between rival high-def disc formats has heated up with the announcement of the lowest-priced Blu-ray player yet, the Sony BDP-S300 for $499. |
Home Theater
January 22, 2008 |
Did Fox Flip Warner? Warner's decision to drop HD DVD and concentrate on Blu-ray releases may have been the climax of an epic bout of flipflopping. Or so says the rumor mill. |
Home Theater
June 28, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
High-Def Disc Rumors and Rumors of Rumors Rumors about Toshiba's selling strategy of entry-level HD-A1 HD DVD machine, and a possible dual-drawer, dual-format player from Samsung. |
Home Theater
October 30, 2007 |
Toshiba HD DVD Breaks Price Barrier HD DVD players have fallen below the $200 barrier. The breakthrough model is the Toshiba HD-A2. |
InternetNews
April 12, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Who Is Drawing Out The High-Def DVD Stalemate? The split in HD DVD format has irritated many of those involved and resulted in consumer confusion over both formats. |
Home Theater
April 16, 2007 |
Samsung to Unleash HD Combi Following the footsteps of LG, Samsung released it's BD-UP5000 combi player that plays both Blu-ray and HD DVD. |
Home Theater
December 13, 2007 |
Warner Won't Do High-Def Hybrid Disc Hopes for a disc that would play in either HD DVD or Blu-ray players died a few weeks ago when Warner suspended plans to market what it had called a Total HD disc. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Double Dose Of Bad News For HD DVD Best Buy and Netflix have turned their back on HD DVD. |
Home Theater
May 14, 2007 |
HP to Sell High-Def Combi PCs The Hitachi-LG GGW-H10N can read and write single- and dual-layer Blu-ray discs at twice normal speed. It can also read HD DVDs, though it cannot write them. |
Home Theater
July 20, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
It's Official: Toshiba to Go Blu Japanese newspaper says Toshiba Blu-ray player will emerge... somewhere. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Thank Warner Bros For Blu-ray Sales Spike? NPD cautions not to start dancing on HD DVD's grave. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Battle For DVD Format Unfolds Film studio Paramount Home Entertainment said it would embrace the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony. |
PC World
July 26, 2006
Melissa J. Perenson |
An Elegant Player for High-Def Movies Samsung's Blu-ray DVD player proves to be well-crafted but pricey. |
Home Theater
August 2, 2007 |
Who's Going Blu? Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad as it first appears. |
Home Theater
February 11, 2008 |
Netflix Vows to Be True Blu Netflix will drop HD DVD and stock its virtual shelves exclusively with Blu-ray discs. |
PC World
March 27, 2007
Melissa J. Perenson |
High-Definition Players The Samsung BD-P1000 leads the pack, but other players follow close behind... Sony PlayStation 3... Sony BDP-S1... Philips BDP9000... Toshiba HD-A2 and HD-XA2... Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1... Panasonic DMP-BD10... Microsoft XBox 360... |
Home Theater
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Takes an Ax to HD DVD Prices Toshiba has just made its HD DVD players even more attractive with big price cuts - though as a statement on the format's future, the move is ambiguous at best. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2010
Carl Bagh |
Microsoft Says Streaming Digital Content Will Kill Blu-Ray Is there still going to be a place for Blu-ray as streaming video gets more popular? |
Home Theater
August 20, 2007 |
Paramount, DreamWorks Dump BD for HD DVD Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future. |
PC World
January 28, 2008
Melissa J. Perenson |
LG Super Blu BH200 Dual-Format HD Player The BH200 offers two high-def formats in one player, but its price is too high. |
Home Theater
November 1, 2007 |
Will Warner Dump HD DVD? Warner currently releases high-def DVDs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD. But the studio may be about to concentrate on Blu-ray only, an executive recently hinted. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2005
Tim Gray |
Toshiba's Triple HD-DVD Play No one is ready to yield in the HD-DVD storage battle. |
Home Theater
November 13, 2007 |
Stringer: Format War Stalemated The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is stalled in a stalemate. |
Home Theater
January 4, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Warner Goes Blu Warner Bros., which until now has released titles on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, will release Blu-ray-only from now on. |
Home Theater
October 4, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
Them's High Definition Fightin' Words Next-generation high-resolution disc formats HD DVD and Blu-ray, along with their affiliated corporate backers, continue the offensive to win the hearts and minds of anyone who'll listen. |
Home Theater
August 10, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Toshiba Blu-ray Coming This Year This will be the year when Toshiba introduces its first Blu-ray products. |
InternetNews
June 19, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Blockbuster Picks Blu-Ray Over HD DVD Finally, someone picks a side in the format war. Can HD DVD recover? |
Home Theater
September 25, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Blu-ray Keeps Getting More Affordable Disc pricing down 12 percent for new titles, one-third for catalogue. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Cuts HD Player Prices in Blu-ray Fight Toshiba is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Intel, Microsoft Back HD DVD Intel and Microsoft opt for the HD DVD format over Sony's Blu-Ray. |
Home Theater
February 19, 2008 |
HD DVD Officially Passes Away The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended with an official statement admitting HD DVD's defeat. |
Home Theater
December 13, 2004
Darryl Wilkinson |
O High-Def DVD Format, Where Art Thou? Here are some of the latest developments in the march toward a higher definition DVD. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2007
Dan Bloom |
Blu-ray Takes the Lead Things may be changing for the better for Sony on at least one front this year: Sales of Blu-ray movies are now outpacing HD-DVD. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
February 15, 2008 |
HD DVD's End Reported Near The latest news comes in the wake of decisions by Netflix to stock only Blu-ray by year-end, and Best Buy to recommend Blu-ray to shoppers. |
PC World
July 2006
Melissa J. Perenson |
DVD Goes High-Def High-definition DVD products are here, but consumers still face a thorny dilemma as two incompatible formats battle for their dollars. |
Home Theater
May 11, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD DVD Turns Up the Heat Toshiba announces the development of a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM disc with a data capacity of 45GB. |
Home Theater
January 14, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Blu Shines A year after the end of the format war with HD DVD, the Blu-ray format is doing well. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Not So Fast, Warner, HD Isn't Ready Yet Warner Home Video cut its high-def forecasts, but not far enough. It's VHS vs. Betamax all over again. That's hardly the stuff of sales-record legend. |
