That all wrapped up quicker than I thought it would - Blu-Ray is the clear next-gen DVD format - Toshiba has thrown in the towel rather than try to throw good money after bad:

Toshiba Corp ) 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, a company source said on Saturday.

The real question is whether bandwidth expands fast enough for downloading to make it obsolete...

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