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News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:59 pm

According to CNN.com, it would appear that HD-DVD is finished, with Toshiba stating that it would:
cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD DVDs after "recent major changes in the market." It promised to continue offering support and service for all existing Toshiba HD DVD products.

This comes on the back of news that Warner Brothers Home Entertainment announced that they would only be releasing DVD's in Blu Ray form, and Walmart announcing their support of only Blu-Ray DVD's.

Meanwhile, engadgethd.com have posted a very blurry image of what appears to be a listing for the 2 disc edition of the Transformers Movie on Blu Ray in Circuit City internal Database. Since the release has not been confirmed by Dreamworks or Paramount, it can only be assumed as a rumour.
You can check out the image below, or at the engadgethd.com website.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:07 pm

I read about this morning. I was gonna mention it, but I was already an hour late for stupid work.

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:25 pm

I knew it was only a matter of time. Toshiba are wise to consider pulling out now. It'll save them money in the long run.

Long live Blu-Ray!

Website · by **saberconvoy** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:37 pm

Well if it is on blue ray then theres my ticket to the PS3. :grin:

News Credits: 1 · by **Pirate Man** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:42 pm

I hope this doesn't mean PS3's will be going up in price

. Though I will still wait for it to fall $700 dollars AU is still a bit much for a George Foreman's Griller. When it falls down to $400 (at least half the price of a modern computer I will consider getting one, I did so on my Xbox 360 Pro with 4 new games Viva Pintaya, Forza 2, Banjo Kazooie and Golden Compass (though they didnt have this available so I chose Blue Dragon :))

total package $590 - 10% staff d/c at that time in target = $530 Score!!!).

Though I seriously doubt my own comment o/w the WII and Xbox 360 will own them time and time again.

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:43 pm

I already have it on standard DVD and HD DVD, but if I decide to convert all my HD DVDs to Blu I will just wait until the price drops or it goes on sale. I got the movie on standard DVD just so I could loan it to friends.

News Credits: 2 · by **GreenLantern of Cybertron** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:45 pm

FANTASTIC!
I knew I didn't buy the regular DVD for a reason!

Oh if you are going HD, you might want to buy a PS3,
its cheaper than most Blu-ray players I see and I personally recommend that over xbox360 unless you are a big halo fan.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:01 pm

saberconvoy wrote:Well if it is on blue ray then theres my ticket to the PS3.

That's what i told my wife...she's making me wait till it gets cheaper. :-(

by **Duo Prime** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:00 pm

Well...it appears to say "TRANSFORWIERS", so maybe it's an all- together different DVD than we thought. :wink:

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:39 pm

Ha! Eat my @$$ HD-DVD~!
I've been supporting Blu-Ray since before Hi-Def films were released and Blu-Ray was just being talked about!
Ha! I knew it'd win! Booyeah! Booyeah! Booyeah!

News Credits: 97 · by **Savage** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:04 am

Sure, I post this same thread an hour earlier, and nobody replies, trunks posts it and now everybody sees it.

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=35983

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:33 am

Savage wrote:Sure, I post this same thread an hour earlier, and nobody replies, trunks posts it and now everybody sees it.

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=35983

Yeah, and I have had a nice healthy thread going about this for day now over in the movie forum!!

News Credits: 1 · by **BLIX007** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:07 am

"All Hail the conquering hero" :APPLAUSE:

Unfortunatly a possible draw back to this is an increase in prices since there is no longer any competition. I maybe wrong though.

by **Bouncy X** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:20 pm

BLIX007 wrote:"All Hail the conquering hero" Unfortunatly a possible draw back to this is an increase in prices since there is no longer any competition. I maybe wrong though.

well there's still regular DVD. blu-ray and HD-DVD only accounted for around 5% of disc sales so blu-ray still has to convince the average buyer so there's still competition there. and until it becomes the mainstream, if they're smart they will lower prices to compete. many people are glad blu-ray won but are still avoiding buying any until priced are more reasonable.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:11 pm

Bouncy X wrote:
BLIX007 wrote:"All Hail the conquering hero" Unfortunatly a possible draw back to this is an increase in prices since there is no longer any competition. I maybe wrong though.

well there's still regular DVD. blu-ray and HD-DVD only accounted for around 5% of disc sales so blu-ray still has to convince the average buyer so there's still competition there. and until it becomes the mainstream, if they're smart they will lower prices to compete. many people are glad blu-ray won but are still avoiding buying any until priced are more reasonable.

Like me. I can't afford a bluray player or an hdtv but I'm a big supporter of the technology behind blu-ray.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:14 pm

Well, there's nothing like a total monopoly to guarantee that those of us with limited incomes get screwed even harder than before. I'm not opposed to new advances in technology, but on a larger scale of thought, it proves a little more difficult for some of us to share the broad spectrum of the TF world with the upcoming generation of fans when we are limitied in the mediums in which we are able to present the stuff to them. I can tell my kids all about the cool TF stuff that's to come, but will they get to see it? @#$* NO! Not till it's ancient news! Can they share it with their friends? Same answer. Tech is great so long as it isn't forced down someones throat and that is exactly what is going on here. Convert or get left in the dark ages whether you can afford to do it or not. I hope Bay is happy with himself for being a whiny bitch about the whole thing from the start.

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:07 pm

Twaddle. DVD is still gonna be supported fer a good while yet. Nothing is being forced down your throat. You can still show yer kid all the cool stuff on DVD. In a year or two, as Blu-Ray really establishes itself, it'll get cheaper so that everyone can have them. Just as DVD did. To believe otherwise is naive.

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:46 am

apparently...it might not be the 2007 movie they're refering to circuit city getting...

apparently the old animated cartoon is now on blu-ray...so that might be what they're talking about...