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Inside information: The future for HD DVD users

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?

HD format wars are only just beginning

Blu-ray’s rival high-definition format is written out of Bill Gates’ farewell speech as HD DVD loses its battle

Dropped HD DVD costs Toshiba $1bn

Losses mount as US chain offers $50 gift token to customers who backed format war loser

It's official – Toshiba drops HD DVD

Sony's Blu-ray victory avenges defeat in Betamax-VHS video formats war

Toshiba 'cut prices to clear HD DVD stocks'

Analyst says move shows pull-out imminent – but will buyers have a claim?

Woolies delivers new blow to HD-DVD

Stores will stock only Blu-ray disks after they outsold rival by 10-to-1

Inside Information: Format wars trump Star Wars

In the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray technology, it could be a matter of personal film taste that decides the winner

Acer joins Blu-ray camp

Acer hedges its high-def bets by adding Blu-ray laptops to HD DVD line-up
image: Dragon's Lair (HD-DVD)

Review: Dragon's Lair (HD-DVD) game

Dirk the Daring gets the HD treatment

Blu-ray beefs up copy protection

BD+ will result in more Blu-ray movie launches

LG drive backs both high-def formats

Plays back HD-DVD and reads and writes Blu-ray

Blu-ray players could become obsolete

New spec includes Java support, enabling picutre-in-picture features

Cebit 07: Toshiba HD-DVD matches Blu-ray capacity

51Gbyte triple-layer disk developed in labs - but company 'could do combo drive if market demands'
Gordon Laing

There’s still life in the old display yet

The delay in activating HDCP security is great for consumers who can enjoy HD content on displays with analogue outputs

Sony slashes cost of Blu-ray player

Price closer to that of rival Toshiba HD-DVD player
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive

Using an Xbox 360 HD-DVD Drive on a PC

How to connect the drive to your computer for HD movie playback

High definition DVD player sales disappoint

Players sell less than half of expected numbers

Triple-format disc could end HD confusion

Stack rival formats on the same media, says Warner engineers

First HD-DVD recordable disks go on sale

15Gbyte Traxdata data disks cost about £8

TDK unveils 50GB Blu-ray discs

On sale today with 200GB discs in the pipeline