The End of the DVD Format War

Toshiba announced this week that it was going to give up its attempt to make their HD-DVD format the industry standard.

This means that Sony's Blu-Ray format will emerge as the standard for high resolution DVDs (how fitting, since their Beta format lost out to VHS in a previous attempt at setting a video standard).

But what does this really mean? Will it cause the price of Blu-Ray DVD players to go up, since there is no longer a low cost competitor?

What should folks that purchased an HD-DVD player and movies do?

Listen in as the Data Doctors discuss this new era of DVD and how it may impact your future (or not!)

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Original Air Date: Feb 23, 2008

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• Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360

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