Yep ppl ,its official ... Toshiba has stopped production of HD DVD players and recorders !!!
according to a BBC news report here, and reuters here.
""The announcement follows a bitter ‘war of the systems’ with the alternative Blu-ray technology. Most studios seemed to favour Blu-ray and especially the last few months there
seemed to be a change towards Blu-ray with both consumers and retailers.
Here is what Toshiba has to say ....
“We 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,” said Atsutoshi Nishida, president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation, in a prepared statement. “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 will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players to retail channels, aiming for cessation by the end of March 2008. Apart from Toshiba Microsoft is the other main HD-DVD protagonist and it remains to be seen what the company will do. For the moment, they said the decision will have no impact on the XBox 360, the game console that is capable of playing back HD-DVD disks.""
so ppl Hail the King of High Definition - "" BLU-RAY ""
RIP HD-DVD !
source:broadbandtvnews
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