HD-DVD Throws In The Towel

HD-DVD is giving up the fight for format supremacy. Today Toshiba officially announced their concession to Blu-ray, finally ending the HD format war. This is a big win for SONY, a loss to Toshiba, and a horrid loss to consumers.

Unfortunately for 1million consumers, their HD-DVD players will no longer be receiving updated media. That includes 600,000 people in North America, although Toshiba promises to continue with support of the players that are already in the hands of consumers.

Personally, I'm not sure why people went out and spent so much on an item that was not a definitive winner. $300 plus on an HD-DVD player until recently and $500 on a Blu-ray player. Seems like quite the expense for something you couldn't be sure would survive this war, but to each his own.

Guess it's time to pick up a PS3, oh wait, first they have to give me a reason to do that. I'll wait for generation 2.0 Blu-ray before I even consider it, that and a $300 price drop!