Format War Over? Yep.

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Format War Over? Yep.

Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:48:58 AM #48379 Perm Link

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»Format War Over? Yep.

In a move that everyone saw coming, Toshiba seems to be giving up the ghost on HD-DVD.

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Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp, a company source said on Saturday.

The move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums led by Toshiba and Sony vying to set the standard for the next-generation DVD and compatible video equipment.

What is surprising to me, though, is that there were no whispers of this at CES. It seems like it had been in planning since Warner dumped HD-DVD, so one would think rumours would have spread then.

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