For the past couple of years HD DVD and Blu-ray technology have been competing to become the industry standard format for next-generation DVDs.

Toshiba’s HD DVD system arrived in the market in April of 2006, the same year that Sony launched its Blu-ray system.

In February 2008, Toshiba announced that it would cease production of its HD DVD players and recorders - effectively making the Blu-ray system the new industry standard.

There were a number of key deciding factors in Sony’s ultimate victory - one of which was Sony’s decision to ship their PS3 console with a built-in Blu-ray player. To date over 10 million PS3s have been sold worldwide - compared to only one million HD DVD players.

When it comes to television, things could not be more dynamic. While a few dozen of TV's were easy compared to large screens of today, they were considered the most modern technology at that time anyway. Maybe one day, today's digital HDTV projection TVs will be perceived as old, but it currently provides the best image quality that you get from a big TV screen.

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