HDDVD is officially DEAD

onebxr · February 19th, 2008

Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses - AVS Forum

screwballl · February 19th, 2008

not dead but dying at a faster pace now

DailyTech - Toshiba Officially Surrenders in HD Format War

Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses

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For now, HD DVD owners may enjoy the flurry of clearance sales happening over the next few weeks, as retailers rid themselves of product. On a practical level, HD DVD movies share near identical characteristics with an equivalent Blu-ray Disc release; and in some cases, the HD DVD release is superior thanks to its more mature support of special features.

theburan · February 19th, 2008

Awww.... this is kindof a bummer. Now I guess we get to see if blueray really catches on with people.

screwballl · February 19th, 2008

when they hit the $20-50 range, I will buy one just for the upconverting to... well sheisse it doesn't matter because I don't have a HD tv anywhere in the house.

azianai · February 19th, 2008

screwball, TV 1st, then the player =D
tbh, i didn't think HD was all that either (didn't have one my 4 yrs of college)
Came home and started watching sports and shows in HD, and damn i can't watch it anyway else lol. I have a normal TV in my room, that i only play my PS2/Gamecube games on, for PS3/Movies/NBA/MLB/NFL, i trek it down to the basement's Sharp Aquos 52 in LCD. It really is true that once you go HD, SD just looks so bland

drevsdre · February 19th, 2008

So true...now that I have HD, everything else looks so....2005.

February 19th, 2008	#1
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,205 Blog Entries: 3	HDDVD is officially DEAD Toshiba Announces Discontinuation of HD DVD Businesses - AVS Forum

February 19th, 2008	#3
theburan oh noes Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rapid City, SD (ish) Posts: 930 Blog Entries: 3	Re: HDDVD is officially DEAD Awww.... this is kindof a bummer. Now I guess we get to see if blueray really catches on with people. e8500@4ghz\|Asus P5k-e WiFi\| 4gb OCZ ReaperX\|2x 3870's\|1.3tb storage space\|MSI tv tuner.

February 19th, 2008	#4
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: HDDVD is officially DEAD when they hit the $20-50 range, I will buy one just for the upconverting to... well sheisse it doesn't matter because I don't have a HD tv anywhere in the house. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 19th, 2008	#5
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,498	Re: HDDVD is officially DEAD screwball, TV 1st, then the player =D tbh, i didn't think HD was all that either (didn't have one my 4 yrs of college) Came home and started watching sports and shows in HD, and damn i can't watch it anyway else lol. I have a normal TV in my room, that i only play my PS2/Gamecube games on, for PS3/Movies/NBA/MLB/NFL, i trek it down to the basement's Sharp Aquos 52 in LCD. It really is true that once you go HD, SD just looks so bland (thanks blake!)

February 19th, 2008	#6
drevsdre Ctrl-Alt-Delete Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 115	Re: HDDVD is officially DEAD So true...now that I have HD, everything else looks so....2005. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.2 G0 ASUS P5K3 Deluxe OCZ Reaper X 2x 1GB DDR3 - 1333 GeForce 8800GT OC 512MB Western Digital 200 GB 7200 Raptor 120GB HD - 10000RPM Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Antec Nine Hundred Mid-Tower

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