HD Has Higher Growth Rate Than DVD
Published on February 6, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousAustin (TX) - In their first year and a half on the market, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc have reached higher adoption rates than DVD did during the same time. According to research firm... Read more
Wal-Mart's “Cheap” HD DVD Player on Sale
Published on November 29, 2007 to HDTVThe much-talked-about low-cost HD DVD player from Venturer Electronics is now available, though its $199 price tag is not as attractive as it was a couple months ago. Read more
Toshiba To Launch Internet-enabled DVD Player?
Published on July 1, 2008 to HDTVTokyo (Japan) - A new DVD logo released by the DVD Forum has added to the speculation surrounding Toshiba's HD-enabled DVD player that is expected to become available later this year. Read more
HD DVD Prices Fall, Blu-ray Continues Upward Trend
Published on March 3, 2008 to HDTVAnalysis - Two weeks ago, Toshiba announced its withdrawal from the HD format war and that it would clear out its inventory by the end of this month. It's time to have a closer how this... Read more
HD DVD Player Prices Plummet
Published on January 14, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousLast week’s CES was supposed to be an opportunity for the fledgling HD DVD to prove itself, but outside circumstances led to it being more of a death knell for the format, and now player prices... Read more
Warner Home Video Drops HD DVD Support, Backs Blu-ray Exclusively
Published on January 6, 2008 to Event CoverageIn a major blow to HD DVD, Warner announced tonight that it will now only release high-def movie on Blu-ray Disc. Read more
Toshiba Skips Blu-ray, Enhances DVD Instead
Published on June 3, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousTokyo (Japan) - Toshiba may have lost the high-definition format war to Sony, but the company is not yet ready to build Blu-ray players, at least not officially. Read more
Warner Takes New Steps To Rescue DVD Sales
Published on May 27, 2008 to Home TheaterIn an attempt to revive DVD sales Warner Brothers has come up with an interesting way to get those discs off the shelves, the New York Times reports. Read more
Circuit City Unloads 1080p HD DVD Player For $112
Published on February 11, 2008 to Home TheaterAs Toshiba is phasing out its second generation of HD DVD players, retailers are slashing prices to get rid of their inventory. Circuit City is offering the HD-A20 model for $112.47 in the Chicago... Read more
Toshiba Profits Down 95% Due To HD DVD Exit
Published on April 25, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousTokyo (Japan) - Toshiba's profits plunged 95% for the fiscal quarter ending in March. Read more
HD DVD Players Pass 750,000 Unit Sales
Published on November 27, 2007 to HDTVThe HD DVD Promotional Group today announced that over 750,000 players have been sold to date. Read more
Toshiba's Plan For Life After HD DVD
Published on March 4, 2008 to HDTVIn February, after a long, expensive battle with Blu-ray over the format for next-generation DVD players, Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida pulled the plug on the company's HD DVD business. Read more
Microsoft Declares End Of Its HD DVD Player
Published on February 25, 2008 to Digital Entertainment MiscellaneousWidely expected for about two weeks, Microsoft has officially announced it will stop production of its HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360. Read more
Microsoft Not Announcing Plans over HD DVD
Published on February 20, 2008 to HDTVMicrosoft has issued a statement saying it has not made a decision on whether or not to continue to support HD DVD on the Xbox 360. Read more
CES 2008: HD DVD Press Conference Canceled
Published on January 6, 2008 to Event CoverageAn HD DVD press conference scheduled for Sunday evening at CES 2008 was canceled in the wake of Tim Warner Inc.'s surprise announcement that it was dropping Toshiba's high-definition format in... Read more
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ADS DVD Xpress DX2: Legal, but imperfect, DVD Copying
Published on July 25, 2006 to NetworkingADS Tech says its DVD Xpress DX2 is an "ideal" solution for making legal copies of your store-bought DVDs. But Mike Baggaley found that it all depends on your definition of "ideal" is. Read more
Toshiba's HD-A1 HD-DVD Player: Movies At 1080i... If You Can Get 'em
Published on April 20, 2006 to NetworkingToshiba's HD-A1 is the first HD-DVD player to hit store shelves. Dan Bradley put his own money on the line to see if one of the DVD formats of the future lives up to the hype. Read more
ADS DVD Xpress: Trash VHS Cassettes, Burn DVDs
Published on February 20, 2004 to NetworkingDo you have dozens of old VHS tapes lying around in your closet that you want to get on DVD? ADS Technologies promises easy help with its DVD XPress, a compact DVD encoding solution that connects to a PC via a USB port and transfers analog video signals from VHS cassettes to your PC. Bundled software then guides you through the DVD burning process. Our tests reveal whether it is time to throw out your VHS cassettes and to begin burning your DVDs. Read more
HD-DVD Buyer's Guide
Published on February 21, 2007 to Home TheaterWith the HD-DVD and Blue-ray Hi Def DVD formats duking it out in the background, we look at HD-DVD technology and 12 HD-DVD standalone and PC-based products. Blue-ray is next. Read more
IFA 2007: Two HD-DVD players from Toshiba for Under € 400
Published on September 1, 2007 to Home TheaterToshiba is trying to give customers an incentive to buy a HD-video player despite the ongoing conflict between the competing HD-video formats Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Read more