Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business

19 Feb, 2008, 6:40 pm IST AP Blu-ray Players

It's official. Toshiba has pulled the plug on HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Sony's Blu-ray disc technology. More

HD DVD Losing Ground in Japan

21 Jan, 2008, 5:46 pm IST Siddharth Bhatia Blu-ray Players

A survey has revealed that the majority of high-def owners in Japan have a Blu-ray player/recorder. More

Blu-ray Site Hacked, Redirected to HD DVD Site

27 Dec, 2007, 2:42 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Blu-ray Players

An enterprising fan hacks the Blu-Ray site and redirects it to HD DVD's site. More

Blu-ray in 'stalemate' with HD DVD: Sony CEO

09 Nov, 2007, 6:56 pm IST AP Optical drives

Howard Stringer, head of Sony Corp., says his company's Blu-ray disc format is in a 'stalemate' with the competing HD DVD format. More

HD DVD Might Knock Out Blu-ray

28 Sep, 2007, 3:00 pm IST Siddharth Bhatia Optical drives

Forrester research has come up with a report claiming that HD DVD might beat Blu-ray. More

Blockbuster Favors Blu-ray DVDs to HD DVD

19 Jun, 2007, 11:00 am IST Reuters Optical drives

U.S. video rental chain Blockbuster said more customers prefer Sony's Blu-ray DVD format to its rival HD DVD. More

Toshiba To Push HD DVD With its Laptops

08 Jun, 2007, 4:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Notebooks

Toshiba plans to equip all their laptops with HD DVD drives to increase its popularity More

Toshiba Brings Slim HD DVD DVD-RW to Mobile PCs

04 Jun, 2007, 4:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Toshiba has announced the world's first slim HD DVD DVD-RW for laptops and mobile PCs. More

Slysoft Unveils AnyDVD HD

19 Feb, 2007, 11:13 am IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Slysoft offers a commercial program, that will allow users to backup HD DVD movies. More

Velocity Micro Offers Vista Powered Machines

04 Feb, 2007, 5:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani HTPCs

Velocity Micro offers HTPC that utilize both Intel and AMD CPUs and are Windows Vista premium ready. More

CES: Envive E-Center A/V Vista Media PC

09 Jan, 2007, 5:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Desktops

Envive unveils a powerful new Vista-based home theater PC running on Intel's Viiv platform. More

CES: Verbatim to Ship 30GB HD DVD-R discs

08 Jan, 2007, 12:08 pm IST Aalaap Ghag Desktops

Verbatim Corporation will start shipping dual-layer HD DVD-R discs in North America. More

CES: Warner Announces New HD DVD Titles

08 Jan, 2007, 11:51 am IST Aalaap Ghag Desktops

Warner Home Video has just announced the best films of 2006 and 2007 ones on the HD DVD. More

Toshiba Unveils Desktop HD DVD Drive

05 Jan, 2007, 1:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Desktops

Toshiba will be displaying its newest HD DVD desktop writer that supports all known legacy formats at CES. More

Toshiba Unveils Second-gen HD DVD Players

16 Sep, 2006, 12:30 pm IST Sharon Khare Desktops

Toshiba has announced second generation HD DVD players for the U.S. market. More

3-layer Twin Format Disc Announced

12 Sep, 2006, 10:30 am IST Sharon Khare Desktops

Memory-Tech and Toshiba have announced a single-sided, three-layer ROM disc supporting playback of DVD and HD DVD formats. More

High-Def DVDs Announced for Europe

03 Sep, 2006, 4:44 pm IST AP Desktops

Several movie studios announced plans Thursday to release a handful of films on high-definition DVD in Europe, continuing the slow rollout of the new format worldwide. More

20th Century Fox Announces Blu-ray Titles

01 Sep, 2006, 11:58 pm IST Reuters Windows

Film studio Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., on Thursday announced its first eight movie titles that it will publish on the new DVD format called Blu-ray and which will be on sale by November. More

HD DVD Format War To End In Draw?

14 Aug, 2006, 4:30 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan HD Media Players

Researchers have predicted that the ongoing High Definition (HD) DVD format war will end in a stalemate with neither format getting an upper hand in t... More