HD-DVD is Dead.

Sources from everywhere are stating that Toshiba will soon cut the HD-DVD format. This, along with the previously announced Wal-Mart, NetFlix, and Warner Bros. cut basically signals the end of the format. Question now is whether Microsoft will start supporting BluRay or not. Previous stories have numerous quotes from MS saying that a BluRay player is a possibility. We will just have to wait and see.

(From Reuters)
"Japanese public broadcaster NHK had earlier reported that Toshiba would suffer losses in the tens of billions of yen (hundreds of millions of dollars) as it scrapped production of HD DVD players and recorders and took other steps to exit the business.

The company source told Reuters that Toshiba was in the final stages of planning to exit the HD DVD business and that an official decision would be made soon."

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