The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.

Netflix is phasing out HD-DVD movies in favour of Sony's Blu-ray format, stating that the movie industry has already chosen a winner in the battle of hi-def formats. Netflix has announced that it will ...

Batman Begins will be released in Blu-ray July 8th, making it the first (or one of the first) movies we can recall being rereleased from HD DVD to the not dead format. The disc’ll come in a standard ...

Microsoft got itself in the middle of a physical disk war when it released an HD DVD movie disc add-on for the Xbox 360. The add-on eventually shut down due to the Blu-ray format winning that war.

Toshiba has told GamesIndustry.biz that it is disappointed that High Street retailer Woolworths has decided to drop the HD-DVD movie format from its stores this March. The retailer said today that it ...

In a move shocking to absolutely no one, Netflix has confirmed that very soon they will no longer be offering HD DVD movies for rental through their system. The official date is set for December 15th.

Next week, new HD DVD movies will hit the shelves that won’t play on some players, the first countermeasure by the content and software industries to combat intensive efforts by hackers to break ...

I`m hopefully getting a Sony HDR-HC3 in the next month or two, to replace my aging Canon DV camcorder. One of my hobbies is making home movie DVDs, and I`m looking forward to making them in HD ...