HD-DVD Officially Dead

[BreakmanX]

So, Toshiba invented the HD-DVD and is now "unventing" it. Glad the better format won. Hopefully prices will come down now.

Gaming's biggest diversion of the last year has finally come to an end. Today, after the stock markets in Tokyo and Osaka closed, Toshiba announced that HD DVD was no more. The company will cease developing, manufacturing and marketing HD DVD players and recorders. Yes, the format war is finally over, and Sony's Blu-ray has emerged victorious. From the press release:

Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.
This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.

[WiizerFanboy]

FUCKING SCORE!

[Typheus]

My roommate here says there's no reason for HD-DVD or BluRay. What do you think? xD

[Richie]

I don't really give a fuck who won, just that it's over.

[maul42]

I just posted about this on the front page. Glad to see Break and I are watchin' the same news. :P

[BreakmanX]

My roommate here says there's no reason for HD-DVD or BluRay. What do you think? xD

That's what everyone said when DVD was new.. and when every other format was new. There are early adopters/suckers like Gabe and I, and then there are the people that get stuff when its better adopted and more reasonable.

WHAT DVDs ARE ONLY THE SAME RESOLUTIONS AS VHS?!?!?!?! THE ONLY ADVANTAGES ARE MORE CHANNELS OF SOUND, SPECIAL FEATURES AND NO DEGRADATION OVER TIME>!>!>!>!@?!#!@#!@?!@#!@?#@#?@#?@!#?@#?!@#?@#?#?@! THERE IS NO NEED FOR DVD, ds,fds RAWR!

[Vamp [Bot]]

If you have an HDTV or intend on owning one in the future, then yeah Blu-Ray is pretty fucking important.

[Muteki]

I preferred the cheapness of HD-DVD. Best part is now that HD-DVD is gone Sony no longer has a reason to try lowering its prices. Congratulations. (I don't have anything other than regular dvds btw)

[BreakmanX]

Yeah, but DVD and CD never had any competition either and they are fairly reasonably priced. (Not always for CDs unfortunately.)

[Vamp [Bot]]

1) Buy a Samsung dual-Blu-Ray-and-HD-DVD player
2) Buy a shit load of HD-DVDs at dirt cheap prives
3) Profit.

[WiizerFanboy]

I definitely think blu-ray will overtake DVD at some point, especially when HD TV's lower in price.

[BreakmanX]

I definitely think blu-ray will overtake DVD at some point, especially when HD TV's lower in price.

If it doesn't than it won't be because of the format but because of a fucked up opportunity.

[mecha]

If you have an HDTV or intend on owning one in the future, then yeah Blu-Ray is pretty fucking important.

[WiizerFanboy]

1) Buy a Samsung dual-Blu-Ray-and-HD-DVD player
2) Buy a shit load of HD-DVDs at dirt cheap prives
3) Profit.

1) Samsung is getting sued to Oblivion over that player.

2) It's Defective.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/09/sams ... y-players/

[JerRyu]

I don't really give a fuck who won, just that it's over.

My sentiments exactly.

JerRyu