In other news, Microsoft is late to the party AGAIN. (I know it’s a lame analogy. At least I didn’t say “LAN party.”)
The HD DVD player for the XBox 360 is “officially” $50. Not recommended unless you have the shelf-space to buy one of every “limited edition”, made in China toy and keep it in [...]
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Blu-Ray wins. Toshiba officially announced they will discontinue production of new HD DVD hardware.
The killing blow was probably Warner’s well-timed (or poorly-timed, depending on which side of the battle you were cheering for) pre-CES announcement that it was dropping publication of the HD DVD format. A big studio switching formats like that likely motivated the [...]
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Netflix has made their choice too. They’re officially choosing a high-definition format and dropping HD DVD in favor of Blu-Ray.
This won’t be the last nail in HD DVD’s coffin, but it’s a major one. It also means you should cancel your order for that XBox 360 HD DVD add-on. Microsoft has already admitted that they [...]