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Toshiba Makes It Official: Warner Bros. Was The Death Blow, A ‘Bolt From The Blue’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 19 Feb 2008 07:21 PM PST

Toshiba made official today what essentially has been reality since Warner Bros. announced just before CES that it was opting for Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) Blu-Ray over the HD-DVD format. NYT:…

It’s Official: Toshiba Gives Up On HD DVD; To Be Out By End Of March - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 19 Feb 2008 04:56 AM PST

The reports were right on: Toshiba is quitting the HD DVD business, leaving Blu-ray as the last format standing. The recent history is well known, as Blu-ray has racked up…

A Small Consolation: Investors Thank Toshiba For Cutting Its High-Def Losses - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 17 Feb 2008 06:53 PM PST

With various reports all but confirming the end of the high-def format wars, HD DVD backer Toshiba is getting rewarded for giving up. Shares of Toshiba are up over 5…

Toshiba To Withdraw Its HD DVD Format: Reports - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 16 Feb 2008 11:46 PM PST

Toshiba is about to give up on its HD DVD format after a string of major setbacks, reports Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) and WSJ, citing sources. Thus ends the grueling battle…

Update: Is This It? HD DVD Backer Toshiba To Give Up On HD DVD: Report; Wal-Mart Goes Blu-ray - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:32 AM PST

See update below: This would be a big blow for HD DVD, if true: THR reports, citing unidentified industry sources, that Toshiba may soon pull the plug on HD DVD,…

Netflix And Best Buy Choose Blu-ray Over HD DVD - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 11 Feb 2008 07:04 AM PST

Updated below: Online movie renter Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is switching over to Blu-ray exclusively, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony (NYSE: SNE) technology over the HD DVD…

Toshiba Steps Up HD DVD Push Post-CES; Slashes Player Prices - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 14 Jan 2008 02:00 PM PST

Now, Toshiba is fighting back—a week after the death-bed stories, if not obits, in response, first, to Warner Bros.’s embrace of Blu-Ray from Sony (NYSE: SNE) and then to Universal’s…

Universal Ending Its HD DVD Exclusivity - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Jan 2008 06:19 PM PST

What a week for the two camps: after Warner Bros. pulled out of HD DVD camp, and denials by Paramount of going completely Blu-Ray, comes the news from Variety that…

Paramount Denies Plans To Quit Toshiba’s HD DVD For Blu-ray - 4 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jan 2008 02:12 PM PST

So now it turns out that the DVD format wars aren’t completely over after all. Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures is denying earlier reports (see our post here) that the…

Comcast Preps Four-Minute HD Movie Download Service For ‘08 Release - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jan 2008 09:03 AM PST

Just when Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) Blu-ray may have thought the Hi-Def video war was over, the format is likely to face a much tougher challenge from Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) Wideband…

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Paramount Ready To Defect From HD DVD To Blu-ray: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jan 2008 05:56 AM PST

It looks like Toshiba’s booth at CES is going to look a little lonelier: Paramount is ready to switch its allegiance from HD DVD in light of Warner Bros. Entertainment’s…