HD DVD, April 18, 2006 - February 19, 2008

(Story courtesy of WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Toshiba announced on Tuesday (Feb. 19) that it is halting production on its HD DVD players and recorders, ceding the market to Sony's Blu-Ray high definition format. Toshiba said there was no longer any chance of HD DVD winning out between the two formats, especially after Time Warner announced last month that it would side with Blu-ray and Best Buy and Wal-Mart's recent decisions to only sell Sony's format. Toshiba said it sold about one million HD DVD players, including players that can be attached to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, compared to Blu-ray's 6.3 million sold, including Sony's PlayStation 3 units, which can play the format. Sony's victory can help the company erase memories of its loss in the videocassette war of the 1980s, when its Betamax format lost out to VHS.

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And it sure is nice getting to post these little updates as well:
He's won 10 states consecutively, but there's a big test coming with Ohio & Texas. If he wins just one, it's pretty much over, but he doesn't even have to win them if he can make it close and cut into Clinton's delegate take. Keep those fingers crossed!