R.I.P. HD-DVD: Toshiba reportedly ends the war

Matthew Elliott | Feb 18, 2008

Well, that's it. Toshiba appears to be pulling the plug on HD-DVD. Toshiba has not commented publicly, but a report on Japan's NHK says Toshiba has made the decision to withdraw from next-generation high-definition DVD production.

This news certainly doesn't come as surprise to anyone remotely following HD-DVD's format war with rival Blu-ray. HD-DVD had suffered a string of defections, with Warner, Netflix, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart all recently pledging their alliance to Blu-ray.

The NHK report says existing HD-DVD products will remain in the market for a while, but Toshiba will stop further development of HD-DVD. The report also estimates that Toshiba will take a hit to the tune of "hundreds of millions of US dollars" and will close factories in northern Japan.

Elsewhere this weekend, Sony and its Blu-ray buddies are going to make like VHS and party like it's 1989.

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snah says...
Wow. It will be a big hit for HD DVD. But it seems now that the war of BLu-Ray and HD-DVD will going into an end. This is a good news for consumers though, because now they will not have to confuse about which player to buy.

Feb 19, 2008 18:01