[OPLINLIST] Blue-Ray vs HD-DVD

[Julia Ward]

Toshiba officially threw in the towel today.  They are no longer
producing HD DVD players.   You can read about it here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8037

Blu-ray is the way to go!

 
Julia Ward, LSTA Assistant
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-----Original Message-----
From: oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org]
On Behalf Of Dan Moore
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:00 AM
To: oplinlist at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINLIST] Blue-Ray vs HD-DVD

Information for those folks that order DVD's.



For those interested - looks like Walmart is jumping on the Blu-ray only
band wagon.  I'd say this would be another big blow to Toshiba's HD-DVD.

You may need to cut and past the link below into your browser if you
want to
check out this article.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/15/technology/wal-mart_blu-ray/index.htm?cn
n=yes

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Here is the latest scoop on HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray.  Blu-ray has won! 
 
Toshiba will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in its latest plan to
drop 
HD-DVD, effective today. 
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/tc_nm/toshiba_hd_dvd_exit_dc_2 
 
So if you have an HD-DVD format DVD, keep it as a souvenir of a past
era. 

-- 
Dan Moore 
Automated Services Coordinator 
Garnet A. Wilson Public Library of Pike Co. 
207 N. Market St.
Waverly, Ohio. 45690 

gawasc at oplin.org
Phone: 740-947-4921 
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