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Sony’s First Full 2.0 Spec Blu-ray Players: BDP-S350 and BDP-S550

The Blu-ray players that Sony sold up until now were worthy of only your garbage can now that HD DVD is dead they are high on the market again and this time they will now be on show and not in he bin.

Now the new BDP-S350 will feature an Ethernet port, USB port for connecting external storage and BonusView picture-in-picture capability. Read more

Rock is blind: HD DVD Player still standard on laptops instead of Blu-ray

So Toshiba have admitted defeat with their HD DVD format, and Microsoft has also decided to jump ship. So why are Rock still offering HD DVD players as standard on their laptops? It seems to me as if this Read more

Microsoft and Toshiba discontinuing Xbox 360 HD DVD drive

Yesterday we heard a rumor that the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive was going to get a price drop to around $50, but today we are getting official news that Microsoft and Toshiba are discontinuing the add-on HD-DVD player.

The decision was made thanks to HD DVD losing to Blu-ray, with no more HD DVDs to be made, many buyers would be upset buying a player that will be useless very soon Read more

DVD vs Sony Blu-ray: how long before blu-ray wins or is replaced?

Although many of us knew HD-DVD was going to lose to Sony Blu-ray, we were still shocked how quick it actually happened and I am sure it will be a lot longer before blu-ray beats DVD Read more

The death of HD DVD shows a weak side to Microsoft

Ok so unless you have been living on another planet, you would already know that the HD DVD format is pretty much dead. With the death of this format many people have been drawing up their own Read more

It is starting: Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD drops to $99 with 7 free HD DVDs

We all like deals of course we do, but this one is special. We have been talking about format wars for quite a long time now with Blu-ray becoming the winners all round and Read more

Will Blu-ray sales surge now HD DVD is dead?

Yesterday we reported that Toshiba have finally pulled the plug on their HD DVD format, this sadly was a huge blow to the consumer electronics giant. So now that there is only one High Definition format left, and that is Blu-ray, one would presume that Read more

Blu-ray won thanks to Sony PS3: different if Xbox 360 had HD-DVD

If the Xbox 360 had HD-DVD included as standard that would of meant millions more HD DVD players would have been in living rooms, I have personally hired over 25 Blu-rays from blockbuster since owning a Playstation 3 and this could of been the other format if it was included as standard on the 360.

We have had comments from people that own both HD players and while both are very similar, the cost of HD DVD was preferred by many consumers Read more

Toshiba Finally Pull The Plug: Format War Over

It’s a sad day for HD-DVD. After months of fighting for life it seems that HD-DVD has finally been put out of it’s misery by Toshiba. With every major studio backing Blu-Ray and many US retailers ceasing to stock HD-DVD, a hard war has been fought. Read more

Toshiba shutting HD DVD manufacturing facilities: what will early adopters do?

Two days ago Mark wrote about news breaking of Toshiba’s HD DVD format coming to an end and the company should be pulling the plug soon, but today we have it confirmed that Toshiba is shutting HD DVD manufacturing facilities in Aomori Prefecture, Japan Read more

HD-DVD Is Not Dead, Your Joking: Wal-Mart Backs Sony Blu-ray Only

We keep telling you HD DVD is dead or about to die, but some followers of HD-DVD do not listen and still think it will win out by the end of 2008, now with the latest news being the MASSIVE Wal-Mart brand and all its stores will start backing only Sony Blu-ray DVDs and players when their current HD-DVD stock runs out (this will be about June time)…what say you now Read more

Format War continues as Toshiba expected to pull plug on its HD DVD soon

Oh it seems the life support machine connected to HD DVD format is coming to a dead end, the latest news is that Toshiba are expected to pull the plug on its HD DVD soon, this should happen over the Read more

Harman Kardon announced support for Blu-ray video standard: Forthcoming Blu-ray DVC 600

Recently confirmed Harman Kardon announced support for Blu-ray video standard whilst hinting at a standalone player which will cost in the region of £500 ($980), the details are pretty slim about the new Read more

Toshiba release new firmware update for HD DVD players

Toshiba have just recently released their new firmware update for a few of their HD DVD players which include the A3, D3, A30 and A35 which have basically migrated from Read more

HD DVD Meets it’s End Today: Sony Blu-ray has won

As of today and I am sure way before today for some people, HD DVD has practically lost the battle to be the main high definition format, Sony Blu-ray has clearly won and it’s like HD DVD is a boxer floored to the mat and the counting is at 9…ready for YOUR OUT.

Hats of to the HD DVD Promotional Group, they are doing their best to put a spin on every set back, but they will need to face it sooner or lately that they are fighting a losing battle, day after day another brand moves to the Sony Blu-ray corner…its getting crowded over there.

Yesterday saw two more knocks to HD HVD, Netflix picks Blu-ray (just like Blockbuster did a long time ago) and Best Buy put Blu-ray to the front Read more

HD-DVD Players now being given away, will Sony Blu-ray do it?

It was just last week that HD DVD defied the rumored slow death and started selling out on Wal-Mart, but now Toshiba’s HD-DVD players are getting so cheap that they are being given away.

The prices have come down a lot on HD-DVD players, so much so that you can get one free with an $899 Yamaha/Klipsch audio package, the free player is a Toshiba HD-A3 Read more

Samsung Lawsuit: alleging sold defective Blu-ray players

Owners of a Samsung Blu-ray player might know all to well about problems the brands high definition players have been having, Samsung has tried to combat this with a “flurry of firmware updates”.

More recently the Samsung BD-UP5000 hybrid player has been axed, this has obviously upset a few consumers Read more

Acer H5350 HD projector: 1280 x 720 image at 2000 ANSI lumens

We all know that CeBIT ‘08 is coming up pretty soon and that Acer are getting ready and warming up for the massive international tradeshow, they will be showing of this Acer H5350 HD projector in Read more

HD DVD defies death as Wal-Mart sells-out of Toshiba’s HD-A3

It has become widely known that Sony Blu-ray is winning the high definition war, but someone forgot to tell HD DVD this as it defies the slow death of the format and starts selling out of the Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player on Wal-Mart Read more

Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray? $80 Xbox 360 player with 6 free HD DVDs

Many of us believe that the Hi-def war is nearly over with Sony Blu-ray the winner as it’s smashing HD DVD in many countries.

The question is: Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray?

I ask this because we found a deal on Amazon priced at $80 for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player with 6 free HD DVDs Read more