Some companies simply don’t forget about VHS: Toshiba Japan announced [JP] the D-BW500 today, which essentially is a Blu-ray /DVD and VHS recorder plus a 320GB hard disc rolled into one. The Swiss ...

Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video. "We ...

Toshiba will use International CES to announce plans to launch its first HD-DVD player and recorder in the fourth quarter of 2005, said Jodi Sally, Toshiba Digital A/V Group marketing director. The ...

Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video. "We ...

Toshiba said on Sunday its HD DVD high-definition video format is not dead despite being dealt a big setback by Warner’s decision to exclusively back Sony rival Blu-ray technology. Akiyo Ozaka, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp <6502.T> is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp <6758.T>, a ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

Japan's Toshiba waved the white flag in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday, giving up on its HD DVD format after losing the support of key studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology ...

TOKYO – The biggest consumer electronic format war in a generation is officially over. Toshiba, the Japanese electronics giant, threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology Tuesday, announcing that it ...

The bottom line: over 6 million Blu-ray players have been sold and only 1 million HD DVD players. That's what drove the studios to support Blu-ray. The download threat The wildcard was the retailers.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp insisted on Sunday that its HD DVD high-definition video format is far from dead despite being dealt a major setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively ...

Toshiba announces on Tuesday that it is abandoning its HD DVD format. The capitulation comes after a protracted and costly battle with rival Sony, developer of the Blu-Ray DVD format. Toshiba has ...