...Blu-ray!!!!!!Yes ladies and gentlemen, Toshiba has waved the white flag, announcing that it is quitting production on the HD-DVD format. This comes as welcome news to Sony, the principal developer of the competing technology Blu-Ray. It means that they finally get what they've wanted since the Beta-Max days: to force everyone to use a format they've devised and pay handsomely for the privilege. They failed with Beta, UMD, and others, but now have a winner with Blu-Ray. No word on when\if Toshiba will develop and sell Blu-ray player of their own.
It sounds like the early adopters among you who bought HD-DVD are out of luck. I'm just glad we're finally through another format war, as they are always rather onerous.
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