HD DVD beats BluRay

Posted by T3 Online on Thu 5 Apr 2007

The folks at Home Cinema Choice have made their call and given Tosh's deck the thumbs up.

HD DVD has landed a major hit on Blu-Ray, with the Toshiba HD-XE1 winning the Best Hi-Def Player at the Home Cinema Choice awards. The deck saw off competition from two Blu-ray units, by Panasonic and Samsung, to take top honours.

The award is a major coup for Tosh in their ongoing, and growing, battle with Sony and Blu-Ray. The win comes just days after they slashed the price of their entry level player in order to take on the PS3's hi-def ways.

Steve May, editor of Home Cinema Choice said, "The HD DVD format wins out because it is simply the genuine article. Blu-Ray hardware and software is trailing behind HD DVD, which offers genuine user benefits."