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Feb 27, 2008 12:34 PM CST

DreamWorks in Limbo over HD DVD Format

Movie maker says it has 'an obligation' to stick with Toshiba's HD DVD

(Newser) - Despite the fact that Toshiba lost its war with Sony’s Blu-ray disc technology, DreamWorks Animation says it plans to release its upcoming movies in the HD DVD format, unless it hears otherwise from Toshiba, Reuters reports. DreamWorks’ “Bee Movie” is scheduled for release in March. The studio said...

Toshiba Throws in HD Towel

Feb 19, 2008 3:30 AM CST

Toshiba Throws in HD Towel

Rival Blu-ray wins the battle of high-def movie formats

(Newser) - Toshiba is quitting the HD DVD player business after taking a licking in the protracted market competition, the company announced today. Toshiba's exit, which leaves Blu-ray's technology alone at the vanguard of digital video, comes after Warner Brothers joined the crowd of Blu-ray backers, leaving HD DVD in the cold,...

Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

Feb 17, 2008 2:08 PM CST

Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

Sales, studio defections indicate fat lady may have sung

(Newser) - Toshiba has temporarily halted production of players and movies in the HD DVD format, and is contemplating dropping the format altogether, PC World reports. The move would cost the company tens of billions of dollars, but the defection of several studios and retailers to the rival Blu-Ray format has left...

Wal-Mart Chooses Blu-Ray Over HD DVD

Feb 15, 2008 3:24 PM CST

Wal-Mart Chooses Blu-Ray Over HD DVD

Latest in long list of defeats for beleaguered hi-def format

(Newser) - The blows just keep coming for HD DVD: Wal-Mart announced today that it will sell Blu-Ray high-def movies and players exclusively, CNET reports. A buyer for Wal-Mart disclosed the decision on her blog, saying that the company had been influenced by Netflix and Best Buy's recent announcements by they will...

Netflix Goes Blue

Feb 11, 2008 5:36 PM CST

Netflix Goes Blue

Rental service will phase out HD DVD

(Newser) - The Netflix DVD rental service has decided to go exclusively with Blu-Ray as its hi-def format for customers, rather than HD DVD. By the end of the year, Netflix will no longer offer HD DVDs, reports CNET. The service made the decision based on the momentum towards Blu-Ray by Hollywood...

Porn Goes
Both Ways in HD Format War

Jan 17, 2008 6:01 PM CST

Porn Goes Both Ways in HD Format War

Cheaper HD DVD production counters Blu-Ray's victories

(Newser) - The adult film industry cast a deciding vote in the VHS/Betamax tape format wars of the ‘80s, and porn may yet influence the hi-def contest between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, Daily Tech writes. But currently the industry is split between the popular view that the U.S. film industry...

Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

Jan 14, 2008 4:10 PM CST

Toshiba Fights for HD DVD Market Share

Price cuts, ad blitz attempt to counter Blu-ray's advances

(Newser) - Toshiba is stepping up efforts to keep HD DVD a contender in the battle between high-def formats, the company said today. Toshiba will cut prices and increase advertising, reports MarketWatch. It's battling rival Sony’s Blu-ray technology, which doubled HD DVD's US sales last year and scored a major win...

Is the Xbox 360 Going Blu?

Jan 9, 2008 7:29 AM CST

Is the Xbox 360 Going Blu?

"Can't say it's not a bummer,' concedes Microsoft spokesman

(Newser) - Microsoft could be changing roles in the HD wars, as the corporation may consider switching from Toshiba's HD-DVD players to rival Sony's Blu-ray technology in the Xbox 360 if the warning signs of HD-DVD's demise prove true, reports Reuters. The announcement comes in the wake of Warner Bros. last week...

HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

Jan 7, 2008 6:24 AM CST

HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

Despite Warner Bros. exit, company says format hasn't lost

(Newser) - Toshiba executives claim the company's HD DVD platform hasn't yet lost the heated format war, despite the recent announcement from Warner Bros. that the studio will release film titles exclusively in the rival Blu-Ray format. Backers of the HD DVD format will exhibit their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Warner Bros. Backs Blu-Ray

Jan 5, 2008 6:59 AM CST

Warner Bros. Backs Blu-Ray

Future of HD DVD format now in question

(Newser) - Warner Bros. will release new high-def films exclusively in Blu-ray format, the Wall Street Journal reports. The decision marks a major setback for the embattled rival HD DVD format—now adopted by only two studios, Universal and Paramount—and could be a tipping point in the ongoing format war that...

New Plexi-Like DVDs to Hold 1TB of Data

Dec 21, 2007 11:58 AM CST

New Plexi-Like DVDs to Hold 1TB of Data

Company will demo 500GB version in January, 1TB to follow

(Newser) - An Israeli company will unveil, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, a DVD made of a plexiglass-like polymer that can hold half a terabyte of data. Mempile adds that within a few years its DVDs will be up to one terabyte—enough to hold 250,000 high-resolution photos...

DRM Pirates Get Help
From Caribbean

Dec 1, 2007 12:22 PM CST

DRM Pirates Get Help From Caribbean

Foreign software gets around copyright protection

(Newser) - Digital rights management technologies are doing more for the profits of software companies than the copyright holders they're supposed to protect, Techdirt reports. The new AACS system was meant to stop HD-DVD or Blu-Ray players from showing protected disks, but hackers easily beat it. Overseas companies are now getting rich...

Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

Nov 23, 2007 10:45 AM CST

Price War Moves High Def DVD Players

Competing HD-DVD and Blu-Ray makers drop prices under $200

(Newser) - Sales of high-definition DVD players have been languishing because customers were unwilling to choose one of the two competing formats—Blu-ray or HD DVD. But this holiday season may change that, with retailers dropping prices from upward of $400 to under $200, reports the Wall Street Journal. And Wal-Mart fueld...

Format War Slams HD Forums

Nov 8, 2007 2:07 AM CST

Format War Slams HD Forums

Heated Blu-ray/HD DVD feuding halts Internet discussion

(Newser) - The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray has apparently gotten personal. News.com reports that the AVS Forum—normally a place for top notch audio/visual discussion—has shut down its HD DVD and Blu-ray forums until the end of the week due to intolerable flame wars between fans of...

DVD Format
War Has 18 Months to Go

Sep 25, 2007 3:11 PM CDT

DVD Format War Has 18 Months to Go

Consumers haven't warmed to either contender, analyst says

(Newser) - Blu-ray and HD DVD’s battle to be the lone next-generation DVD format will rage on another 18 months, says a Forrester Research analyst. Consumers, wary of buying another Betamax, are waiting for the dust to settle and prices to fall. Forrester sides with Blu-ray but says the companies backing...

Format Wars Rage in High Definition

Sep 9, 2007 12:59 PM CDT

Format Wars Rage in High Definition

Blu-ray and HD DVD slug it out to become next-gen movie media

(Newser) - Meet the new VHS and Betamax. It’s unclear who’s winning consumer tech’s latest format wars, the Economist explains, but both Blu-ray and HD DVD claim to be the high-def successor to the DVD. The cheaper HD DVD sells more stand-alone players, but Blu-ray sells more disks and...

Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

Aug 21, 2007 9:23 AM CDT

Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

High-definition format war takes a new turn as player prices fall

(Newser) - The face-off between two standards for high-definition DVDs took a new turn yesterday as Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary DreamWorks dropped support of Sony's Blu-ray format. Starting this week, the studios will distribute new discs exclusively in the HD DVD format, which is supported by Toshiba and functions on less...

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

Jun 18, 2007 6:36 PM CDT

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

(Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now.