It's been a year and a half since the HD optical disc format war ended and, despite Toshiba's promise of "no plans to make Blu-ray players", the company finally admitted defeat this morning and announced their application to join the Blu-ray Association....

Onkyo has announced that it's launching two home cinema receivers - TX-SR707and TX-NR807, and a next-gen Blu-ray player - DV-BD507. Both pack DLNA 1.5 Network Audio compatibility, which means that streaming audio services will play through them. That...

In the States, Warner is offering movie collection salvation for those that backed the losing format in the recent high-def disc war.

The studio, that backed the Toshiba-led HD DVD format until it u-turned to Blu-ray in January 2008, is offering...

It was a fervent HD DVD supporter, then it dropped the format and then it promised us a Blu-ray DVD player.

Well Onkyo has now delivered.

Its first Blu-ray player is the DV-BD606 is claimed to "squeeze every last ounce of benefit...

Although not entirely unexpected, in the States Netflix has put an end to its involvement with the failed HD DVD disc format.

Back in February to company stated that with the "industry now having picked a winner in the face-off between the...

HD DVD sales are currently strong in the States, reports the Financial Times.

The doomed high-def disc format was effectively cancelled by backers Toshiba and co earlier in the year, after the rival Blu-ray format emerged victorious, but...

Toshiba has launched a new upscaling technology and put it straight into a new DVD player that promises to improve your current DVD collection beyond what is currently available in the market.

Called the XD-E500, the new technology, announced...

Following the reports that Toshiba, losers in the HD disc format war, is prepping Blu-ray "killing" DVD technology, a new logo has been approved by the Tosh-led DVD Forum.

The new "DVD Download DL" logo has been given the okay by the Forum...

The Onkyo Corporation has made an announcement that it will release what will be its first Blu-ray disc player for the international market in late 2008.

The player will be designed to partner with Onkyo's high-definition A/V receivers equipped...

If you are a little nostalgic for the red versus blue mud-slinging days of the next-gen disc format war then take heart with this news out of Japan - Toshiba is prepping Blu-ray killing tech for launch later this year.

The company is working...

Arguably the single most interesting individual title to launch during the HD DVD and Blu-ray next-gen disc format war in terms of headlines, Paramount has confirmed that the previous HD DVD flagship movie "Transformers" is to get a Blu-ray release.

If you've got a PS3 that you use for its HD capabilities, the HDMI cable from your PS3 to the TV is a critical link to ensure you're getting the best quality picture.

Ixos have developed the XPP158 HDMI 1.3 cable especially for the PS3 to...

Toshiba has revealed further financial hardship as a result of it losing the next-gen high def disc format war.

The Japanese company's net profit plummeted a "staggering" 95% in the January to March quarter, primarily due to losses related...

Samsung today confirmed to Pocket-lint that they are pushing on with getting the winning next-gen disc format wider acceptance in the UK by launching their notebook and desktop Blu-ray drives in late summer this year.

"The format war was...

It's the kind of official confirmation that won't mean much to the average consumer, but the HD DVD Promotional Group - the folks tasked with making a success of the Toshiba-backed format - has been formally dissolved.

The plug was finally...