It was only a matter of time, right?

If you have been keeping track of the latest format war between BluRay and HD-DVD, it should come as no surprise to you that Toshiba has officially annoucned it is ceasing production of HD-DVD units. Toshiba was the last leg HD-DVD had to stand on and with the company out of the picture things are looking good for Sony, who is the brain behind the BR format. Then today Universal announced it was switching over to the BR format.

Paramount; You are next.

I have not yet witnessed either format in person except for whatever may be on display at a Circuit City or Best Buy, but I will say that BR is especially nice while still expensive. With the Playstation 3 being one of the cheapest BR players out there I would expect the PS3 to start making some headway in the console wars as well.

I'm not about to go out and buy any kind of BR player yet. They are still too expensive (as are the discs), but the price should be down enough in time for Christmas if anybody wants me to get a nice gift for me.

Toshiba got Knocked Out!

On an unrelated note, Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs single game tickets go on sale March 1 at 9am, including remaining tickets for the exhibition against the defending National League East Division Champions!