The Winner: Blu-Ray

Much like the devastating Cola Wars and nearly as uninteresting as the Browser War, it would appear the “Format War” is over and the winner is Blu-Ray.

Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research), a company source said on Saturday.

Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source [Reuters]

I had no idea NetFlix was this powerful.