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Another bites the dust! TDK no longer making blank HD DVDs, and more

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Could HD DVD be in any more trouble? Well yes if either Paramount or Universal went neutral but more news comes today, starting with Warren News (on their subscription service) reporting Imation, under the TDK brand, will stop making HD DVD writable (blank) disks. TDK are one of the biggest brands of writable media and this is a severe blow to HD DVD. There may be little HD DVD re-writers available, but now it appears that will always be the case.
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pwnsause - 689 days 16 hours ago
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nice TDK. keep shoveling that dirt in the HD-dvd cementary guys.
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shysun - 689 days 2 hours ago
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Anyone have a bulldozer?
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meepmoopmeep - 689 days 15 hours ago
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2 - nice
burying them one scoop of dirt at a time
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Milkman541 - 689 days 15 hours ago
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This format war needs to end now. It is time for HD-DVD to close its doors. It's not the end of the world, Sony survived Betamax, and the companies who supported HD-DVD will still go on...
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HD DVD - 689 days 15 hours ago
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GAAWD DAMIT!
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4.1 zambrota | 689 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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N7360 - 689 days 15 hours ago
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PS3 299 pounds...Enter the Dragon blu ray 25 pounds....The expression on HD DVD...PRICE LESS
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IDemonstalkerXI - 689 days 15 hours ago
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lol
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Blu-ray - 689 days 13 hours ago
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Sorry about that
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AllroundGamer - 689 days 15 hours ago
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people should keep one blank HDDVD somewhere, because in a near future, it will be a very rare item :)
btw. now give us the precious LOTR trilogy on BD, or i will get very angry and will buy 10 HDDVD players... together for like 100$ ;)
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ravinash - 688 days 22 hours ago
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How much money can you get for a Beta max machine these days?
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jackdoe - 689 days 14 hours ago
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Was anyone stupid enough to actually buy an HD-DVD writer? I mean, write times would be slow as fvck to begin with, not to mention the price point.
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Chuck Norris - 689 days 5 hours ago
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TDK - The Dust Kicker.
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Lord_Ash - 689 days 4 hours ago
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Ok, so when is the funeral?
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shysun - 689 days 2 hours ago
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Dead formats take about 2months to decompose, so April 2 sounds about right. ;)
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solidt12 - 689 days 2 hours ago
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ouch
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resistance100 - 689 days 2 hours ago
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Wow talk about a domino effect. There has to have been 6-10 companies to have left HD DVD since warner left.

I believe now all it will take is paramount or Universal to go netural (not drop HD DVD all together), and people really will give up on the format
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Sarick - 689 days 1 hour ago
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= High Definition Dead Versatile Disc.

The HD-DVD manufactures need to end this it's almost like their trying to take revenge for losing the war. Everyone suffers the longer you hold out. This war is sabotaging the HD industry!
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LJWooly - 688 days 22 hours ago
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Whoever made the account 'HD-DVD', I love you, mate.

And 'Blu-Ray' should track him and reply to his comments in every post about the format war. That would be funny.
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TwissT - 688 days 22 hours ago
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*sings* Another one gone, Another one gone, Another one BITES THE DUST! *sings*
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OC Shock Value - 688 days 21 hours ago
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They lose i guess
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ReBurn - 688 days 21 hours ago
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Link doesn't work for me.
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creeping judas - 688 days 18 hours ago
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dead as far as im concerned. but why does every fanboy run amok on these pages, like they are gonna be getting $$ from Sony for supporting blu-ray?? I just dont get that mentality?
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