HD-DVD Is Officially Dead

by on Feb 16, 2008 | 5 comments

If you ever wanted official notice that HD-DVD is dead as a doorknob, here’s your wake-up call:

Netflix announced it won’t be renting HD-DVDs.

Best Buy won’t be selling HD-DVD players.

Toshiba is going to kill off its HD-DVD players entirely.

And the big one..

After June, Wal-Mart won’t sell HD-DVD movies or players.

Like it or not, when Wal-Mart gives certain tech the axe, that means general consumers won’t have it available to them whatsoever and therefore will be completely ignored.

Blu-Ray wins.

If you have an HD-DVD player or any HD-DVD movies, I’d suggest selling all of it now.

[Source: The Raw Feed]

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  • Justin Hitchborn (hitchface)

    At least some companies were smart and supported both or neither.

  • JamJam

    I’m sticking to my standard DVD player until the dust settles and the prices come down.

  • Lespaul20

    It’s too bad. HD-DVD was cheaper and just as good, if not better. Hopefully Blu-Ray stuff will become more affordable very soon.

  • Michi woo

    well I guess it was like Beta vs VHS,Blue ray won by popular demand.I agree with Lespaul 20 HD was affordable and was just as good.

  • http://Website(optional) Deltic_Engine

    If the developers of the technology are not going to use it for anything then why not release it as an Open Source format? Having put some much R&D into it they could then make by manufacturing and selling the hardware. The trouble is, having a format people could do what they liked with (i.e. no DRM etc.) might create a significant demand for the technology…

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