Toshiba forms an HD-DVD promotion group

Toshiba is really putting on the pressure now, they're putting together some companies and forming a group to help them push HD-DVD. Come on Blu-ray, don't take this lying down.

The managing members of the HD DVD Promotion Group are Toshiba, Memory-Tech Corp, NEC Corp and Sanyo Electric Co, Toshiba officials said. The group will provide technical information to electronics manufacturers and DVD software producers to facilitate production of DVD players and software meeting the HD DVD format, they said. (Kyodo News)

What's your position on this war? If you have a preference, why not vote in our latest FreakPoll if you haven't already. Right now, the tally is fairly close, with Blu-ray enjoying a slight lead. If you support one format over the other, would you tell us why?

Source: Japan Today