HD DVD format is almost dead as Toshiba quits!
Japanese tech giant Toshiba has now confirmed that they are now quitting the HD DVD industry. The company no longer plans to develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders.
With this, Sony has won the next generation format war with its Blu-Ray technology.
Toshiba President Atsutoshi [...]
Market sources claim Toshiba to give up on HD DVD format
Looks like Sony is going to win the next generation storage format war. Toshiba is said to be close to announcing that they are giving up on their developed HD DVD format.
If this is true, it would be a major victory for Sony which is [...]
Wal-Mart says tata to HD DVD format
More bad news for Toshiba as retailing giant Wal-Mart has now said that they would soon stop offering HD DVD movies through their retail stores.
The company would now exclusively offer Blu-Ray format media which competes with the Toshiba’s HD DVD format.
Wal-Mart has stated that they would start phasing out [...]
Blu-Ray continues to gain over HD DVD
Sony’s Blu-Ray format is continuously gaining more support in the market as they aim to become the next generation storage format standard.
Retail Company Best Buy has now announced that they are now going to provide more shelf space and marketing for Blu-ray players and software. This means that Blu-Ray [...]
Blu-ray discs outselling HD DVD discs in Europe
Blu-ray disc association has claimed that they are easily outselling the number of discs sold in the market in the rival HD DVD format in Europe.
The association said that the Blu-ray movie disc sales had topped 1 million units this year. If they include the gaming discs for [...]
Toshiba HD-A35 HD DVD Player on sale now
Japanese consumer electronics maker Toshiba has already started selling their third generation of HD DVD players.
The latest player from the company is the Toshiba HD-A35. It is being offered at a retail price tag of USD 499.
Market sources say that this latest player is a much refined product [...]
Toshiba HD DVD player for under USD 100 in US market
Wal-Mart has revealed that they are now going to offer Toshiba’s HD-A2 HD DVD player for just USD 98.
This is the first time that a next generation media player is being sold for under USD 100.
Incidentally, Wal-Mart had just recently launched a sub-USD 200 HD [...]
Toshiba Vardia RD-A301 HD DVD Recorder announced
Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba has announced their latest HD DVD Recorder product.
This new product is Vardia RD-A301 and this player is capable of recording high-definition video to regular DVDs.
It would be made available in the Japanese market in December this year. Toshiba said that the player is [...]
Upcoming HD DVDs to feature online features
The HD DVD camp has announced that they would soon launch HD DVDs which would make use of the internet connectivity feature supported by the players.
Evan Almighty movie HD DVD would be the first one to support this feature. It would come with a shopping feature which would enable [...]
Sharp to launch Blu-Ray recorders with 1 TB storage space
Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp has announced their plans to launch a Blu-ray high-definition DVD recorder which would ship with 1TB storage space.
This would be the maximum amount of storage capacity being shipped with a video recorder.
The company claimed that this recorder would be capable of [...]
