[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that William Poaster spake thusly:
>
>> BBC News carried an item on this yesterday. They said that with the
>> announcement that Toshiba is ceasing production of HD-DVDs,
>> effectively the HD-DVD format is dead.
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm
>
> Thankfully there's only about one million worldwide who wasted their
> money on HD-DVD, according to the article.
>
> Meanwhile, here's a retrospective chuckle:
>
> Universal Studios Unlikely to Ever Support Blu-ray
> By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
> September 18, 2006, 6:28 PM
>
> .----
>| A statement made on paper by Universal Studios president Craig
>| Kornblau, and distributed by the HD DVD Promotions Group to
>| attendees of CEDIA Expo 2006 in Denver last Friday, cites the early
>| reviews from first-adopters in the next-generation videodisc battle
>| as indication that HD DVD has already been crowned champion in the
>| battle against Blu-ray.
> `----
>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/Universal_Studios_Unlikely_to_Ever_Support_Bluray/1158616603
>
> Hehe!
>
> So I take it this means that Universal will be exiting the film making
> business, once the DVD format is retired.
That's a lovely prize. The internet makes it so much easier to keep on
top of these things...
>
> Altogether now...
>
> We are the champions, *we* are the champions... of the... oh!
>
tips hat to Freddie :-)
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