Toshiba ended the format war before it really even began, thusly pulling the plug on making and manufacturing HD-DVDs and stopping in march. Sorry early adopters, it must pain you for rebuilding your DVD collection on this now forgot format.
The world and consumer electronics have become so wrapped up in high definition viewing it makes me kind of sick. Nerds everywhere either love HD DVDs or Blu-ray DVDs. I found out some interesting information that might burst their bubble or help save some people a lot of money, or both! Ever since last year when the movie industries’ home video sales went from half their annual revenue (not profit) $45 Billion dollars to less than $17 billion, there was a problem. Studios panicked and electronics giants’ Sony and Toshiba came up with two separate solutions. (more…)