Neowin News Feed for: Hd-dvd

A quick look back at Microsoft's HD DVD movie disc add-on for the Xbox 360

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:18:01 +0000

Microsoft got itself in the middle of a physical disk war when it released an HD DVD movie disc add-on for the Xbox 360. The add-on eventually shut down due to the Blu-ray format winning that war. Read more...

Toshiba to join the Blu-ray Disc Association

Brad Sams — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:21:09 +0000

Toshiba has announced that it will be joining the BDA (Blu-ray Disc Association) which is the final chapter to the format war of HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. Toshiba who was the largest heavy-hitter backing the... Read more...

Microsoft denies any Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive possibility

Sean Bradford — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:49:17 +0000

Three years ago at E3 2006, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, announced a Xbox 360 HD DVD player that was capable of playing HD-DVD's. After the bloody war between HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs was... Read more...

HD DVD is Dead: A Retrospective

Steven Parker — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:07:08 +0000

The next-generation format war has been quite the bitter battle, but it's obvious which format has come out on top. HD DVD is effectively dead, much to dismay of its major supporters. This must also... Read more...

Toshiba Officially Confirms Death of HD-DVD

Tom Warren — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:50:49 +0000

Toshiba 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. The decision ends... Read more...

Toshiba's HD-DVD future uncertain

Steven Parker — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:04:30 +0000

Shares in Toshiba have gained more than 5% as speculation intensified that the electronics giant is set to scrap its high definition DVD format, HD DVD. The firm said it was reviewing its business strategies,... Read more...

LG Super Blu combines Blu-Ray and HD-DVD

Brad Wardell — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:59:29 +0000

LG recently released its dual Blu-Ray / HD-DVD player (the BH200) better known as "Super Blu". Today at CES, we got a close look at it in action and we were impressed. Priced at... Read more...

Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD in U.S. for first 9 months

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:20:18 +0000

Home Media Research, a division of Home Media Magazine, has found that from January 1 through September 30, total U.S. sales of Sony's Blu-ray discs amounted to 2.6 million units compared with Toshiba's 1.4 million... Read more...

Paramount and DreamWorks: HD-DVD Exclusive

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:24:59 +0000

In a surprising twist in the nex-gen format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, Paramount Studios and Dreamworks Animation have announced today that they will exclusively support the HD-DVD format on a worldwide basis. This exclusive... Read more...

Blu-ray Outpaces HD-DVD in U.S.

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:43:34 +0000

Blu-ray high-definition movie discs outsold films on the rival HD-DVD format by 2-to-1 in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research said on Tuesday. The division of Home Media Magazine... Read more...

HD-DVD Player Sales Targets Reduced, Blu-ray Up

Joe Cashman — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:59:42 +0000

Toshiba are to cut the estimated year end estimated sales of HD-DVD players by 44% it has emerged, lowering sales expectations from 1.8million standalone devices to 1 million in the US. Speaking about the impact... Read more...

WalMart to sell $199 HD-DVD player in Q4 2007?

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:11:52 +0000

WalMart is known for being able to majorly cut its prices thanks to mass production for a wide range of products. Now that I think of it, my first DVD player was from WalMart, purchased... Read more...

Toshiba Slash HD-DVD Player Prices

Joe Cashman — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:56:45 +0000

In a shock move Toshiba have slashed the price of many of their HD-DVD players in the US, effective immediately. They labelled the move a "strategic action". The reduction sees its entry level player priced... Read more...

Blu-ray and HD-DVD Face Title Fight

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:38:52 +0000

The high definition battle is starting to heat up. Completely ignoring the hybrid disc and player alternatives, Sony and Toshiba are stepping up their fire power with more high definition players (Toshiba just released a... Read more...

1st Official HD-DVD drive for PCs

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:19:40 +0000

Buffalo will be launching the HDV-ROM2.4FB at the end of this month. Officially this HD-DVD drive (OEMed by Toshiba) will be the world's first HD-DVD drive for PCs. Some high-end PCs already shipped with HD-DVD... Read more...

Hybrid HD-DVD media plays on standard DVD player

Fred Derf — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:13:07 +0000

Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a HD-DVD disc that will play on a conventional DVD player. It's a dual-layer disc that can store 15GB of high-resolution HD-DVD data on one layer and 4.7GB of standard... Read more...

Xbox 360's HD-DVD uses 4.7 million lines of code

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:31:03 +0000

As a result of the complexities of decoding HD DVD audio and video content, as well as providing a user interface and DRM, over 4.7 million lines of code went into the HD DVD software.... Read more...

Microsoft to offer Xbox 360 with built-in HD-DVD drive?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:23:15 +0000

Microsoft has started designing a new-generation of Xbox 360's equipped with an internal HD-DVD drive and is selecting manufacturers in Taiwan to build the drive, according to sources in Taiwan's optical disc drive (ODD) industry.... Read more...

Microsoft: No plans for internal HD-DVD 360 drives

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:34:40 +0000

Takashi Sensui, General Manager Xbox Japan, has suggested that Microsoft currently have no plans to incorporate the forthcoming HD-DVD drive internally within Xbox 360 units, but did suggest that this could be a possibility if... Read more...

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Addon Announced

Mon, 08 May 2006 17:57:27 +0000

Xbox 360, while powerful on its own, is also a foundation from which new technology and accessories can be added. Chief among these is the recently announced HD DVD add-on. This much anticipated accessory carries... Read more...

Toshiba HD-DVD Player Torn Apart

Wed, 03 May 2006 21:04:32 +0000

By now we all know that Toshiba has released its HD-DVD drive to the wild. Some people didn't care, while others had to be the first to own one. For Lorin Thwaits, being among the... Read more...

DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray and You

Christopher Vendemio — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:36:20 +0000

Confused? You should be. While many dedicated Neowin members may already be caught up on the facts regarding next generation high definition home movie disc formats, there are still many people on the outside looking... Read more...

Limited Toshiba HD-DVD Player Shipments Hit Shelves

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:57:28 +0000

Limited shipments of the first nextgen DVD player, Toshiba's HD-A1 HD-DVD player, have started to slowly hit store shelves. Most noteably, in the United States, Best Buy locations received small inital shipments, with BestBuy.com ... Read more...

Toshiba Delays HD-DVD in US

Joe Cashman — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:52:12 +0000

Toshiba have announced the delay of their HD-DVD players in the US. They said that the players will now be released in April so that it can synchronise the release with film releases from Hollywood... Read more...

Watch HD-DVD on your 360…but forget games

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:58:55 +0000

1UP.com is reporting that Microsoft's corporate VP Peter Moore announced at CES that the company will be releasing an external HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360. Using this drive, you will be able to watch... Read more...

Microsoft Shoots Down Talk of HD-DVD Equipped Xbox 360

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:28:39 +0000

Microsofthas cleared up speculation regarding possible HD-DVD functionality infuture versions of the Xbox 360, saying that it currently has no plansto release an Xbox 360 equipped with a next-generation DVD player. The unusually direct statement... Read more...

HP Considers Backing HD-DVD

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:26:40 +0000

The Blu-ray Disc group, which aims to set the standard for next-generation DVDs, said it would not adopt a proposal from Hewlett-Packard by the launch of the technology, leading the PC maker to say it... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 12: New Vista Beta, HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray & More

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:35:40 +0000

This week Kristin and the gang (this week with Paul Boyer) at PowerUser.tv follow up on the Jack Thompson debacle and Penny Arcade picking up Jack's slack. Also, the new Windows Vista build is looked... Read more...

Paramount to Support Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:43:55 +0000

Paramount Home Entertainment has decided to offer its films in both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats, becoming the first major content provider to publicly support both next generation media types. With consumers being left to choose... Read more...

Toshiba Postpones HD-DVD Players

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:55:08 +0000

After originally planning to release HD-DVD players to the US market late this year, Toshiba has announced a delay until February or March of 2006. Toshiba and other HD-DVD supporters have agreed that a... Read more...

Microsoft and Intel Back HD-DVD

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:18:53 +0000

In the latest chapter of the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD saga, Microsoft and Intel have announced their backing of Toshiba's HD-DVD standard. Stephen Balogh, Intel's director of optical media standards and technologies, stated "We (Intel) wanted to... Read more...

Samsung to Release Dual HD-DVD & Blu-Ray Player

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:03:03 +0000

Thanks to jerry for his submission In an effort to avoid the format war that has been raging for over three years between Sony-backed Blu-Ray and Toshiba-backed HD-DVD, Samsung plans to market... Read more...

US HD-DVD Launch Pushed Back to Early 2006

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:32:08 +0000

The US launch of the HD-DVD format won't take place until early next year according to one Toshiba official, and a lack of coordination between hardware and software partners is to blame. The official... Read more...

Microsoft Mulling HD-DVD in Future Xbox 360 Revisions

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:43:38 +0000

Reports that Microsoft is to put a HD-DVD drive into a future version of the Xbox 360 have surfaced on the web over the weekend, drawing on a quote made by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates... Read more...

Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft To Release HD-DVD Titles

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:04:40 +0000

Today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, NAB2005, Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Corp. announced their plans to collaborate on the release of a broad range of next-generation HD DVD discs using Windows Media®... Read more...

The chronicles of a futile battle: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:32:20 +0000

While the CD, as data storage and delivery media, lasted successfully for decades and seems to be alive and kicking as we speak, we can't say the same about the DVD. On the market for... Read more...

HD-DVD Standard Earns Approval

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:42:06 +0000

The DVD Forum has approved the physical disc specifications for the rewritable version of HD-DVDs (High Definition/High Density-DVDs), taking the format an important step nearer to mass production. At a meeting in Taiwan on September... Read more...