Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it would stop promoting its HD DVD format for the next-generation DVD after losing the support of key studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony Corp. The decision ends a war between rival consortiums led by Toshiba and Sony vying to set the...

More news for the Blu-Ray camp then....the war is over! So we could see a new player as soon as the summer...well not in the UK then....that will be Christmas! Source

More choice...give us more movies! Well that's what my wife always states whenever she looks at the list available from the XBox 360 download service. Yes we would all like the ability to rent a movie over the Internet. But until now the choice has been a little thin on the ground to say the least...

Well it's probably the final nail in the coffin for the HD DVD format. The format war never really got going did it. It will be interesting to find out whether the whole format war issue will be eclipsed by the download market which is starting to gain ground. However, the HD DVD route still offers...

Recording TV Programs: Our ancient VCR (tape recorder) in the TV room is starting to act up and we are looking around for a replacement. Of course VCR is the technology of the previous century - we should probably get a DVD recorder or, better yet by...