{"id":1133,"date":"2008-02-16T17:21:53","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T22:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/16\/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-toshiba-kills-hd-dvd\/"},"modified":"2008-02-16T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-16T22:21:53","slug":"ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-toshiba-kills-hd-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/16\/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-toshiba-kills-hd-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ding Dong the Witch is Dead (Toshiba kills HD DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We (that is those of us longer for a universal HD format in the form of Blu-ray) have been waiting for this moment for a long time.  Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews\/idUSL1643184420080216\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews\/idUSL1643184420080216', 'Reuters');\" target=\"new\">Reuters<\/a> is reporting that Toshiba is giving up on HD DVD.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums led by Toshiba and Sony vying to set the standard for the next-generation DVD and compatible video equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba\u2019s cause has suffered several setbacks in recent weeks including Friday\u2019s announcement by U.S. retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc that it would abandon the HD DVD format and only stock its shelves with Blu-ray movies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All I can say is it is about time.  Anyone remember what the PS2 did for DVD?  Blu-ray is next, and now the sleeping giant starts to slowly wake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We (that is those of us longer for a universal HD format in the form of Blu-ray) have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Finally, Reuters is reporting that Toshiba is giving up on HD DVD. \u201cThe move will likely put an end to a battle that has gone on for several &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/02\/16\/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-toshiba-kills-hd-dvd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ding Dong the Witch is Dead (Toshiba kills HD DVD)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}