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It's official. HD DVD is dead


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Japan's NHK and now Reuters has followed up The Hollywood Reporter's earlier indications Toshiba was ready to dump its money-losing HD DVD business, with news that the company is prepared to cease manufacturing software and hardware, at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. This caps the worst week ever for little red, when HD DVD was dumped by Netflix, got a Dear John letter from Wal-mart, and was pushed to the background by Best Buy.

Toshiba is mum on the subject right now, but we hear there's plenty of cheap players and movies in a dumpster around back of the HQ.

Don't worry HD DVD, we have a plot reserved for you at the cemetery right in between the Betamax and Divx.
Scott_Bromley

4 responses // It's official. HD DVD is dead

  • So HD DVD is dead (a moment of silence)......................
    As for all those people that bought an HD DVD player you can bury it on the island that you must own in order for you to rationly buy an HD DVD player.
    saih86
  • I am happy Blu-Ray is winning. I emailed many companies, including Toshiba, telling them to support Blu-Ray and that HD DVD has lost. Current TV should switch all of what they can to Blu-Ray
    kaecvtionr
  • =D dayum...that's some GREAT commentary there Scott_Bromley!!! lol
    echoz
  • I am so stoked about this...I got an irrational feeling of joy when I heard the Wal-Mart decision. In general, I'm not a huge sony fan, but I just want a standard so I can start making my purchases.

    Blu-Ray is a stupid name, though. It doesn't even make sense. I mean, either way it's still a high definition picture on a digital video disk.....brand names aside, doesn't that make it HD DVD no matter what? Toshiba should have called their format something else, like "Crazy-Rez" and let both formats be known as HD DVD. Besides, nobody would reject something called Crazy-Rez.
    zrink

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