Quickie - Toshiba Concedes Defeat

By Mayumi Negishi and Kentaro Hamada

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp...is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp..., a company source said on Saturday.

Between Warner Brothers only releasing Next Generation DVDs in Blu-ray format and Wal-Mart deciding to only stock Blu-ray Toshiba decided to end the HD-DVD format. 

So now the choice has been made for those of us who haven't yet picked their pony; it's Blu-ray.

I'd be excited that there's some finality except that this newest format for home video is coming from the same people who came up with Betamax.