Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD.Noemi Velazquez, a 44-year-old warehouse worker, can explain why. She took one look at the...

Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven’t been helped by maker Toshiba’s capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.Toshiba announced on Feb. 19 that it would stop making HD DVD players,...

Japan’s Toshiba Corp. said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from next-generation video HD DVD business.Toshiba’s net profit stood at 1.25 billion yen...

Toshiba lowered its earnings forecast for this fiscal year on Wednesday, blaming the reduction in part on 45 billion yen ($460 million) in costs associated with pulling the plug on its HD DVD next-generation video business.Toshiba also said it...

If the rumours, flying thick and fast all over the web are to be believed, Microsoft is all set to cut their gaming console Xbox360 basic version by $75. Come this Easter, gamers will most probably be able to buy their Xbox’s much cheaper...

Circuit City Stores Inc. is getting on the Blu-ray digital video format bandwagon by tripling the period in which customers who purchased a rival HD DVD player can return them.The nation’s No. 2 electronics retailer has instructed its stores...

According to a Circuit City employee in Chicago, the consumer electronics chain is trading in HD DVD players bought into their stores “within 3 months of the announcement,” as opposed to their 30-day return policy. According to the...

In a further sign that Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray has won the high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday.The company intends to switch to Blu-ray after it...

Xbox 360 vs. PS3 has another dimension to it: HD-DVD of the former vs. Blu-ray of the latter. Rumor has it that Microsoft is looking to incorporate Blu-ray in its console to better take on Sony’s offering. As early as May 2008, we might have...

Toshiba has laid down its arms. Or it is expected to do so by the end of this week. Blu-ray has reigned supreme in the next-gen DVD war. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has finally coughed up to the overwhelming support that Blu-ray has got...