May we have a moment of silence for the passing of HD-DVD?
High-Definition “HD-DVD” Optical Disc Format
Date of Birth (Hit Store Shelves): 2006
Date of Death: February 19, 2008
HD-DVD was a new optical disc format in the continuously growing field of high definition transport methods. HD-DVD was given birth from Toshiba Corporation (age 69), makers of such laptops as the Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Tecra, and the Toshiba Portege, and NEC Corporation (age 109), makers of video displays for computers. HD-DVD had high hopes in life, wanting to be the top high definition optical format. HD-DVD had companies such as Microsoft and Universal Studios backing the format, two major players in their respective industries.
Along came Blu-Ray, given birth from Sony Corporation and the Blu-ray Disc Association. Blu-Ray had a higher amount of storage per layer, had the backing of more and more studios, and eventually retailers. Netflix, the giant online-rental company, and super-retail store Wal Mart made the decision to go Blu-Ray only.
HD-DVD died at a press conference held by Toshiba on February 19, 2008, where they announced they were stopping life support for their child. Devices that could play with their child will stopped being manufactured by March of 2008.
Visitation is currently being held all over the world, in places such as dumps, landfills, recycling centers and online internet selling sites such eBay and Craigslist. Memorials and and re-enactment of the death of the players may be found on places such as YouTube.
