Our homeslices over at Kotaku got a response from Dave Darraker, senior director for comportate communications for Sony Computer Entertainment America about Microsoft’s HD-DVD announcement ...

Hi-Def DVD: Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD player and Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player Toshiba and Sony $499.99 and $999 www.toshiba.com, www.sony.com Two hi-def DVD formats are waging war, and it’s too soon to ...

The Sony BDP-S300 is Sony's latest entry-level Blu-ray player. Priced at $499, it is just about as low a priced Blu-ray player as you're going to see, unless you're interested in purchasing the ...

HD DVD was cheaper and backed by powerful companies. ... Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500)-backed HD DVD players and would cede the battle to Sony-led Blu-ray. ...

Sony and Microsoft, both notorious for pulling out all the stops, are going head to head with their latest ... Sony PlayStation 3 vs Microsoft Xbox 360 with HD DVD Player. ...

Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 was a crucial factor in Blu-ray’s victory over HD DVD. The console came with a Blu-ray drive built in, allowing consumers to play rented and purchased movie discs in high ...

The brand-new edition of Sony's UBP-X700U 4K Blu-ray Player is available for more than $80 off for a limited time.

The first HD DVD player hit stores in April 2006. The first Blu-ray devices, manufactured by Samsung, didn't arrive until June. Sony's PS3 was released in November 17, 2006--a few days before the ...

Getty. Even though industry estimates had Toshiba and their partners moving roughly 578,000 HD DVD players by the end of 2007, with 370,000 Blu-ray players coming in a distant second, those ...

Yesterday we told you about the new, four strong Blu-ray line up from Sony. What we didn't know then was that the Japanese giant plans to sell only Blu-ray players from now on, dropping DVD from ...

It’s been a while since we reviewed an Ultra HD Blu-ray player, but Sony recently sent its $260 UBP-X700 (the less-expensive cousin to its UBP-X800), so I decided to take it for a spin.