One standard outlasted the other, but initially, the more unpopular one had a few neat advantages.

With the release of the PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too early to predict an outright winner. Not the least of all because Paramount ...

TOKYO — The biggest consumer-electronics format war in a generation is officially over. Toshiba threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology Tuesday, announcing that it would no longer develop, produce ...

Toshiba and NEC may have won the support of the DVD Forum for their proposed new HD DVD video format, but industry observers warn of a new format war looming. The losers in the standards contest — a ...

After years of backing only one format in the recordable DVD format war, Apple Computer is adding limited support of a rival format into its operating system. Apple, a longtime supporter of the DVD-R ...

People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching ‘‘Spider-Man 3’’ in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season. The movie from Sony Pictures will only be available in the ...

The DVD-format war isn’t likely to end anytime soon with both sides pulling tricks one after the other. Blu-ray may be leading retail sales and Blockbuster’s endorsement of Sony’s next-gen technology ...