Microsoft Pulls Plug on HD DVD Players

February 24, 2008 Microsoft Pulls Plug on HD DVD Players (AP)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks to university and high school students during a stop in Waterloo, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba Corp. ceded the high-definition video format battle to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray.

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Hey I got an idea Bill, why don't you make an addon blu-ray player for 150 bucks?...
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