Sony’s Blu-ray has won the HD format war, but what does that mean for early adopters who chose its defeated rival, HD DVD?
Blu-ray’s rival high-definition format is written out of Bill Gates’ farewell speech as HD DVD loses its battle
Losses mount as US chain offers $50 gift token to customers who backed format war loser
Sony's Blu-ray victory avenges defeat in Betamax-VHS video formats war
Analyst says move shows pull-out imminent – but will buyers have a claim?
Stores will stock only Blu-ray disks after they outsold rival by 10-to-1
In the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray technology, it could be a matter of personal film taste that decides the winner
Acer hedges its high-def bets by adding Blu-ray laptops to HD DVD line-up

Dirk the Daring gets the HD treatment
BD+ will result in more Blu-ray movie launches
Plays back HD-DVD and reads and writes Blu-ray

New spec includes Java support, enabling picutre-in-picture features
51Gbyte triple-layer disk developed in labs - but company 'could do combo drive if market demands'

The delay in activating HDCP security is great for consumers who can enjoy HD content on displays with analogue outputs
Price closer to that of rival Toshiba HD-DVD player

How to connect the drive to your computer for HD movie playback
Players sell less than half of expected numbers
Stack rival formats on the same media, says Warner engineers
15Gbyte Traxdata data disks cost about £8
On sale today with 200GB discs in the pipeline