"Gartner believes that Toshiba's price-cutting may prolong HD DVD's life a little, but the Limited line-up of film titles will inflict fatal damage on the format. Gartner expects that, by the end of 2008, Blu-ray will be the winning format in the consumer market, and the war will be over," wrote analyst Hiroyuki Shimizu in Gartner's Semiconductor DQ Monday Report.
Of course there's no reason to believe that Toshiba will give up on HD DVD as long as Paramount and Universal are still supporting it. Depending on who you ask that either postpones the ineveitable, to the detriment of both consumers and the home video industry, or gives HD DVD a fighting chance for at least a few more months.