HdDvd-related stories
Posted Jan 12th 2009 2:08PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, HDTV, Hardware, Reality-Free

So you've got that new high definition television in the living room, your 120 gig TiVo recording all of your favorite shows and a cable box with more channels than a Roman aqueduct.
Think you've reached the pinnacle of home entertainment?
The Consumer Electronics Show would beg to differ.
Some 3-D TV's popped up on the convention floor and the advent of the burgeoning technology is starting to create a bit of buzz that it could become the next step over HD TV.
Continue reading From HD...to 3-D?
Posted Feb 19th 2008 11:19AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on DVD, HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware

Do you hear that? That's the sound of "Taps" being played for HDTV players and recorders.
Toshiba has announced that, "it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders." Yes, it's true. Just like Beta was phased out in favor of VHS, HDTV has lost in its head to head battle with Blu-ray. As of March 2008, the manufacture of the hardware will cease, and production of HD DVD disk drives for PCs and games as well. The only exception, said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation are laptops. "[Toshiba] continues to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives."
Continue reading HD DVD is officially dead
Posted Jan 4th 2008 7:07PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, HDTV, PVR Wire, Hardware

Starting this spring,
Warner Bros. will only release DVDs high definition DVDs on Blu-ray. That's a lot of DVDs only on Blu-ray for you HD DVD people (although Warner Bros. will continue to release DVDs in both formats until the end of May). Kevin Tsujihara, the President of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, says that the choice to go exclusively Blu-Rray is for the consumers: "Consumers have clearly chosen Blu-ray, and we believe that recognizing this preference is the right step in making this great home entertainment experience accessible to the widest possible audience."
Continue reading Warner Brothers goes exclusively Blu-ray
Posted Aug 19th 2007 3:30PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: TV on DVD, Battlestar Galactica
Good news for owners of HD DVD systems. Not so good news for owners of Blue Ray DVD systems.
The rumored release of Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 finally has a date to it: December 4th. The 6-DVD set will be priced at about $100. The discs will be single-sided "HD-30's" with widescreen video, both Dolby HD Surround and Digital Plus 5.1, and subtitles in both English and French (how do you translate 'frak' into French? Fraque?). The set will have all of the original DVD extras as well as those specific to the HD release. You can find the detailed breakdown of features by clicking on this link.
Continue reading Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica coming to HD DVD
Posted Oct 23rd 2006 12:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, Smallville, The CW

Good news for
Smallville fans who dig that whole "high definition" thing. The fifth season of the series will be released in the HD DVD format on November 28, so if you're willing to shell out a little more cash (it'll cost around eighty bucks), you can enjoy watching young Superman doing whatever it is he does on that show. Sorry, I've never seen a single episode. Not much of a comic book geek am I. But occasionally type like Yoda I do. The DVD will also include the usual extras such as deleted scenes and audio commentary, as well as special HD features. This is part of Warner's new
Superman DVD campaign, which also includes HD DVD releases of the
Superman movies.