NEWS UPDATE: More details about the demise of HD DVD coming shortly...

By Andy Clough
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The big story this morning is Toshiba's decision to pull the plug on HD DVD. To keep you bang up to date with what's happening, we've got a telephone interview booked at 11.30am with Olivier van Wynendaele, Toshiba's deputy general manager of HD DVD Europe.

We'll be asking him how Toshiba plans to look after the one million people who've already bought HD DVD players, what Universal and Paramount – the last two Hollywood studios supporting the format – will do, and whether Toshiba will now start making Blu-ray players.

If you've got any other questions you'd like us to ask him, post them as a reply to this story. We'll post an update on the site as soon as we've finished the interview.

Technorati Tags: HD DVD, Toshiba, Blu-ray

Andy Clough
Andy Clough

Andy is Global Brand Director of What Hi-Fi? and has been a technology journalist for 30 years. During that time he has covered everything from VHS and Betamax, MiniDisc and DCC to CDi, Laserdisc and 3D TV, and any number of other formats that have come and gone. He loves nothing better than a good old format war. Andy edited several hi-fi and home cinema magazines before relaunching whathifi.com in 2008 and helping turn it into the global success it is today. When not listening to music or watching TV, he spends far too much of his time reading about cars he can't afford to buy.