Another Nail in HD-DVD's Coffin

The battle between Blu-ray format and HD-DVD has gotten rather tedious. When going to the store to buy a regular DVD, you don't have to choose whether you'll buy a DVD or a VHS - no, they got rid of that system long ago.

So now, it seems that companies are wising up and becoming one-or-the-other exclusive. Warner announced their move to be exclusive to Blu-ray certainly set things going in a different direction. As of late, Sony, Panasonic and Samsung have been backing Blu-ray. On the other end, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Intel have been backing HD-DVD.

However, Microsoft's name could be taken out of that bunch soon enough.

After rumors of a Bill Gates announcement of a HD-DVD supported Xbox 360, Microsoft have announced that these plans are not in motion.

We have reiterated multiple times since launching the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player that we have no plans to integrate an HD-DVD player in to the Xbox 360.

So what's up with that? Could it be that Microsoft fears the downfall of HD-DVD? Hopefully, everybody will sway one way or the other. The masses don't need to be split down the middle when it comes to the entertainment market. That's all ready happening to the video game industry. Just one format, people! It's more cost efficient.