The battle for the next generation of high definition video formats is often portrayed as this generation's VHS versus Beta, but there is one aspect to the struggle that was not present in the old ...

2007 is going to be the year of high definition, or so we are told, and with that, Toshiba has finally waded in with two players in the UK that are capable of playing back its next generation HD DVD ...

Some companies simply don’t forget about VHS: Toshiba Japan announced [JP] the D-BW500 today, which essentially is a Blu-ray /DVD and VHS recorder plus a 320GB hard disc rolled into one. The Swiss ...

Now there is a new challenger. For the past few days I have been testing one of the first high-definition DVD players – Toshiba’s HD-XA1. HD-DVD is one of two rival formats vying to replace DVD for ...

Last summer, Toshiba decided to abandon their self-developed HD-DVD format and to go Blu-ray instead. Soon after, the company started rolling out a few Blu-ray devices here and there, but today ...

As the HD DVD versus Blu-ray format debacle bumbles along, our sister reviews site in the US has an in-depth review of Toshiba's first next-generation player. The bottom line? Stunning images, but too ...

Earlier this week we commented on the decision by Paramount and Dreamworks to switch to HD DVD exclusively, instead of continuing dual-format support. This was seen by some as a bit of a victory for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I bought my first DVD player – a Samsung – in 1998, when they first went on sale in Europe. It was ousted in ...

The players, which were due to go on sale in the US next week, are now expected to reach store shelves in mid-April at the earliest. It is the latest delay in a multi-billion dollar battle between ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. TOKYO (Reuters)—Japans Toshiba Corp. said on Thursday it ...