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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.   |
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. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
February 20, 2008 |
Amazon, Universal to Support Blu-ray Format Retailers, film studios switch allegiances following demise of HD DVD. |
Home Theater
March 5, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Toshiba Ponders Next Move How does Toshiba plan to move forward in the wake of HD DVD's demise? The company's CEO says improved DVD upconversion is among the strategies to be pursued. |
Home Theater
February 21, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Paramount Returns to Blu-ray This week's long round of goodbyes continues with Paramount's announcement that it will resume releasing in Blu-ray after a brief hiatus of HD DVD exclusivity. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
Home Theater
January 10, 2008 |
Universal Will Not Renew HD DVD Pact Universal Home Entertainment will not renew its exclusivity pact with HD DVD. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
HD DVD Down, But Still Not Out The loss of Warner Bros. struck a blow for Blu-ray's supporters, but analysts say the high-definition format battle is far from over. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Toshiba Tosses 'Hail Mary' With Super Bowl Ad Toshiba might be wasting $2.7 million and 30 seconds of everyone's time Sunday afternoon. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2008 |
Toshiba: HD DVD is no Loser to Blu-ray Toshiba Corp said on Sunday its HD DVD high-definition video format is not dead despite being dealt a big setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray technology. |
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
March 31, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
First HD DVD Players Released for Sale HD DVD may be delayed here in North America, but that hasn't stopped Toshiba from rolling out the first commerically available HD DVD player to the Japanese market. |
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 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
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
High-Def Bribe or Format War For The Ages? Those on one side of the high def DVD format war may not like $150 million for HD DVD exclusivity, but all's fair in business and war. |
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
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. |
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
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
August 23, 2007 |
HD DVD Victory Dissected Tuesday's surprise announcement that Paramount and DreamWorks would drop Blu-ray for HD DVD caused quite a flutter in the home theater community. Following are a few notes in the aftermath of the PR explosion. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2008 |
Game Over? Warner Bros To Back Blu-ray Exclusively The latest development in the DVD format war is a big win for Blu-ray over rival HD DVD technology. |
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
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. |
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? |
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. |
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
November 13, 2007 |
Stringer: Format War Stalemated The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is stalled in a stalemate. |
PC Magazine
October 17, 2007
Lance Ulanoff |
The Blu-ray HD DVD Stalemate With no end in sight to this high-def battle, Sony and Toshiba prepare to sabotage yet another holiday buying season. |
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
June 1, 2007 |
Managed Copy on the Way The entertainment industry has always been dead set against home recording. However, in what potentially may be a major departure, the security specs for Blu-ray and HD DVD may soon be altered to allow legal copying under limited circumstances. |
Home Theater
February 20, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD DVD on the Warpath The Toshiba HD-XA1 and HD-A1 will be the first HD DVD players to hit store shelves in the United States. Retailers will begin receiving high-definition optical-disc format players in March. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Warner The Latest on Blu-ray Bandwagon Warner becomes the fifth of the six major movies studios to back the Blu-ray DVD format, casting a pall on HD-DVD. |
PC World
November 29, 2007
Melissa J. Perenson |
High-Def Player Prices Plunge Both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD players have come down in price this year. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 27, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Target, BJ's Wholesale Go Blu-ray After staying neutral, retailers start picking sides in the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war. |
Home Theater
January 31, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Blu-ray Prospers It took only a week after Warner defected to the Blu-ray camp for the latter to establish a more commanding position in the market. |
Home Theater
December 9, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Universal to Sell BD/DVD Combo Discs Universal Studios Home Entertainment will begin selling double-sided discs, with Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other. |
