Lounge 22

Radar was tapped by Lounge 22 to film their newest product line. The HD footage was part of their Las Vegas party at Planet Hollywood on February 25th.

HD DVD is Dead

So HD DVD is officially dead. Toshiba announced today that they would discontinue developing, manufacturing and marketing HD DVD players and recorders. The announcement ends a two-year-long battle with Blu-ray Disc to succeed DVD (even though Blu-ray still has a long way to go since most players are still experiencing incredible-long load times and glitches with the firmware). The move came soon after both Wal-Mart and Netflix announced they would only carry Blu-ray product, and Best Buy announced it would give preference to Blu-ray. Warner Home Video’s decision in early January to only support Blu-ray left HD DVD with Paramount Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment as the only major studios supporting the format. Hardware sales data the week after Warner’s announcement showed 93% of high-def players sold were Blu-ray, according to The NPD Group, and Nielsen VideoScan data has consistently shown Blu-ray software outselling HD DVD 3:1 or more. Toshiba significantly lowered its player prices during the holiday season, and Microsoft dropped the price of its Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on by $50 earlier this month. Toshiba also bought a 30-second Super Bowl ad for a reported $2.7 million, but apparently was not effective in boosting sales or digging into Blu-ray’s lead.

What do you think? Will you miss HD DVD or is it “c’est la vie”?

(thanks to The Hollywood Reporter.com for the complete story)