The war is over Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD

Posted on Engadget today, and various other internet sources..Japan’s NHK has followed up The Hollywood Reporter’s earlier indications Toshiba was ready to dump its money-losing HD DVD business, with news that the company is prepared to cease manufacturing software and hardware, at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. This caps the worst week ever for red, when HD DVD was dumped by Netflix and Wal-mart. Well now, this was surprisingly quick. Finally!