As I mentioned in the magazine a few weeks back, HD DVD is here. I’m not just taking the word of the people at Toshiba, NBC Universal and Warner Home Video, either. I have experienced it first-hand, ...

When a trio of new HD DVD players popped up on Amazon.com last week, the question wasn't so much, "Are they real?" as "How are they different from the existing models?" Toshiba clarified the issue ...

Toshiba has announced launch dates and prices for the first stand-alone HD DVD players to reach Europe -- the HD-E1 and HD-XE1. This follows the US launch of the HD-A1 and HD-XA1 players back in April ...

In a not-so-surprising turn, standalone HD DVD players have regained their lead on Blu-ray sales in September, giving the overall year-to-date figures (in which HD DVD has always been ahead) as 53% HD ...

Berlin, Germany, IFA — Toshiba has announced the launch of Europe's firstcommercially available stand-alone HD DVD players, launching a new era of high definition home entertainment and marking the ...

Analysts aren't surprised that Toshiba abandoned HD DVD just one month after vowing to fight on and cut player prices in the wake of Warner Bros.' surprising early January defection to the Blu-ray ...

The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Toshiba Corp., creator of the HD DVD, dropped out of the ...

Toshiba, pioneer of the High Definition DVD format, says it will join the Blu-Ray brigade. PC Magazine editor Lance Ulanoff makes a bid for your attention. Sponsor Message Unidentified Announcer: The ...

Toshiba Corp. plans to launch its first two HD-DVD players in the U.S. market in March of this year, the company said Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show show in Las Vegas. The ...

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. DVD players first entered the scene in 1996 in Japan. The capacity of the original DVD (Digital Video Disc), single-sided, single-layer DVD-1, ...

Toshiba became the first company to ship a high-definition DVD player, the HD-XA1, an HD-DVD player that’s now available in Japanese stores for $940. Even though content for the player is nearly ...