HD DVD now the Highly Dead DVD

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Gadgets  Tue, 02/19/2008 - 18:29

The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD. Toshiba Corp., creator of the HD DVD, dropped out of the battle Tuesday over the next generation of movie-disc technology and conceded to the rival Blu-ray format from Sony.


 

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