Category: HD DVD
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…
HD DVD killed off by Toshiba, reports Japanese TV
I don’t have access to Japanese TV, but according to Akihabara News (which does), an announcement has been made on the future of HD-DVD – it’s been killed off by Toshiba.
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.
BBC still committed to dual HD DVD and Blu-ray releases
The BBC has no plans to abandon HD DVD for its high-definition releases, despite the recent defection to Blu-ray of its distribution partner Warner Home Video. The Beeb says it’ll continue its policy of supporting both formats, following its policy with series like Planet Earth and Galapagos.
Buffalo Technology to launch external high definition and DVD drives in Europe
Buffalo Technology has announced that it will be launching a range of external DVD and high definition disc PC drives in Europe.
First up will be a top-of-range device capable of reading and writing to Blu-ray discs, and reading HD DVDs, as well as handling standard DVD media. It will come bundled with disc authoring software from Nero.
Toshiba slashing HD DVD prices, but will it work?
The fightback has begun in the HD wars, with HD DVD backer Toshiba slashing prices on its players to try and compete with its Blu-ray rivals. In the US, its cheapest HD DVD player will now cost $149 – half its previous official price – while even its high-end player has seen a big cut to $299.
Rumours abound that Paramount is the latest studio to drop HD DVD in favour of Blu-ray
Further hammering the nail into HD DVD’s coffin, it appears Paramount is the latest film studio to drop the high-def format, after reports today from the Financial Times suggested they’re following Warner Brothers’ decision on Friday to back Blu-ray.
Paramount, DreamWorks Animation and Universal are the only real feathers to the format’s cap, and to lose another…
HDTV UK's HD DVD / Blu-ray Special Feature: the future, and stuff
Just when you thought you could settle down for a quiet CES safe in the knowledge that the high definition disc format war was at stalemate for at least another six months or so, Warner go and scrap HD DVD,…
CES 2008: Samsung's Duo HD BD-UP5500 player blends Blu-ray and HD DVD
The dust hasn’t settled yet from the seismic HD format war developments on Thursday and Friday, and it won’t for a few days, with dozens of companies announcing new products in one, other or both Blu-ray and HD DVD. For example, Samsung just unveiled its new duo HD player, the BD-UP5500.
