go to blu-ray ... then sold ur hddvd drive to me.. anyone wanna sold their hd dvd drive can pm me. hehehe

Dear friends of Low Yat,

        If you think Blu-ray is not taking. Then please go ahead and plunge with HD-DVD purchase. Simple as that or stay on the fences. Easy choice. For me, I want to save money and not waste more zero return on investment. I had gone Blu-Ray. With the information we have now, please be rational.

Attention Whore.

Ever since Blu-ray sent Warner Bros. a big fat check and convinced the studio to start sipping their Kool-Aid, the home entertainment looky lous have been clucking about how HD-DVD was done for. Well it looks like HD-DVD is done for. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Toshiba, the developer of HD-DVD, is expected to formally pull the plug on HD-DVD before the end of March. Toshiba would neither confirm nor deny the report but said they would "continue to study" the viability of HD-DVD. Data collected after the WB shift to Blu-ray says that HD-DVD has made up less than 10% of the hardware sales in the high-def DVD market (actual disc sales for early February are at about 80% Blu-ray). Toshiba was hoping that slashing prices on its players would still be able to entice consumers to opt with their format. But Netflix then dropped HD-DVD and Best Buy made the choice to recommend Blu-ray to all its shoppers. The low cost of players never caught on and Toshiba is losing money hand over fist on the players it drastically reduced. All this, of course, is good news for consumers who finally can dedicate themselves to one format instead of sitting back and waiting for a winner. Let's get this winner on-board and start moving on with our lives...

PS3 bloody expensive? Hmmm...... weird... 

Well, you don't really need to buy a PS3 to watch high def, standard dvds are good enough unless you have all the equipment to enjoy the high def experience. I've seen people buying a PS3 and watch blu-rays on a standard definition CRT tv. That's pure waste of money.

HD-DVD might be on life support but it's just rumours, it might not be true that Toshiba is giving up for good.

Dude, how much you bought HD DVD player for? And what HD-DVD player you are watching with?

Mr. Rawk, it is expensive for many people, not just you.
I'm just curious how much you bought your Xobx360 and HD DVD add on?

So how much you bought it for?

Erm.. I don't know why you became defensive suddenly. Not even suggesting anythin on looking for a financial consultant.

Anyway, what sms-es have I sent you about HD DVD? I don't remember SMS anyone to buy HD DVD

There were not any heat coming per say. I was wondering how were train of thoughts and perspective when you uttered PS3 is so bloody expensive.

If you want to a Ferrari, we gotta pay for it. That's pretty much a given. If we want to be in it, that is to be expected.

Guys, please don't go    here. Lets stick back to the topic. Shouldn't we be discussing what's the impact on hd-dvd softwares when Toshiba announced that they're going to pull out. Will this affect the fate of the upcoming Samsung blu-ray / hd-dvd combo players and what about existing hd-dvd softwares, will they vanish after they're all sold at half price or less.

With HD-DVD officially dead in the water, rumors have started circulating that Microsoft is about to dump the format too, and bring out a Blu Ray enabled Xbox 360 as earlier as May 2008! Smart House apparently has the inside word and it would seem that internal testing has been underway for quite some time!

Insiders at Microsoft in the USA have told SmartHouse that Microsoft has already configured a standalone Blu-ray player that can be connected into an Xbox 360 and that subject to internal marketing and sales approvals the model could be on sale within 3 months.

The Company has also been working on a built in Blu-ray player however insiders are claiming that Microsoft see the HD format battle moving online with consumers offered 1080p movie and content files as a download as opposed to having to buy a HD DVD or Blu-ray disc.

Both Intel and Microsoft have been supporters of the HD DVD format that is set to be killed off this week.

Furthermore, Smart House report that Sony has already commented on Microsoft coming out with such a Xbox 360, saying,  "We would welcome Microsoft to the Blu-ray stable. In fact it is quite logical for them as the PS3 has been very succesful in driving consumers to Blu-ray. In fact we believe that it has done more to win the format war than traditional Blu-ray player".

sd-rawk..

There's a Rock Bad European release coming remember??

Maybe its region free   

as for HD-DVD...

i just hope whatever went HD-DVD exclusive can be transitioned into Blu-Ray..