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The format war is over.
With Toshiba’s announcement Sunday that it will no longer manufacture HD DVD players and recorders, Sony’s Blu-ray is now the de facto delivery device for high-definition movies.
HD DVD stalwart Universal Studios also announced Sunday its plans to re-release its movies for Blu-ray.
What this means for movie collectors is studios will begin releasing their back catalogues onto Blu-ray with a new fervor. Expect the slow trickle to become a torrent by year’s end.
For HD DVD collectors, you’re out of luck.
Gamestop stores have confirmed they’ll no longer accept HD DVD items for trade-in, effective immediately. That includes used HD DVD discs or Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drives.
In the video game console war, this scores a loss for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and a big victory for Sony’s Playstation 3, for which analysts expect to see a 10% sales boost in the wake of the decision.
