Toshiba finally pulled the plug on the future of HD-DVD. Toshiba cited that they "carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," ... "While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality." Toshiba plan to slow down shipments of HD DVD players with the intention of stopping them altogether by the end of March.

So blu-ray has won, but the battle may not be over yet ... I for one would like to see Blu-ray succeed, even in light of increasing competition from digital downloads. For me the beauty of owning a disk is the additional content that comes along with it. Digital Downloads need to offer that capability and the immediacy of playback without any kind of wait.Read the latest news, opinion and tech reviews at Kickstartnews


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