Best Buy, Netflix declare Blu-ray the winning high def DVD forma...

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Mon, 02/11/2008 - 3:17pm

Best Buy and Netflix on Monday declared Blu-ray the winning format of the high definition DVD war. The writing was on the wall for HD-DVD, which was primarily backed by Toshiba and tech giants like Microsoft.

Warner Bros decision on Jan. 4 to back Blu-ray crushed the hopes for HD-DVD. But when one of the largest [...]


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