02.19.2008 11:55 am

HD DVD dies. Now, what will Microsoft do?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s official: HD DVD will go the way of Betamax, the Edsel and every TV series that has starred Ted McGinley.

After a month of speculation over the technology’s future, most of it negative, the chief of Toshiba Corp., Atsutoshi Nishida, announced…

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02.16.2008 11:13 am

Toshiba reconsiders HD DVD technology, source says

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The high-def format war appears over — maybe.

Toshiba Corp. will give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs and give in to rival Blu-ray, a technology developed by Sony Corp., a source with Toshiba has told news…

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HD DVD dies. Now, what will Microsoft do?

Toshiba reconsiders HD DVD technology, source says

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