Well, we can't say that we haven't seen it coming. Blu-ray has been stomping a mole hole into HD DVD's ass for a while now and in a huge way when 2008 started. Toshiba has finally thrown in the towel stating today that they are going to cease production of their HD DVD stand alone players and recorders by April. The company said, "Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same time frame, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand." Microsoft says that they are waiting on the word from Toshiba on whether or not to cease production of the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. So far, nothing has been said. I think it is almost safe to say that the format war has ended. Blu-ray has just about become victorious.
-CA
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