Now that the format wars for next-generation DVD have been determined - Blu-ray the winner after the leading HD DVD supporter Toshiba abandoned the technology - we can look forward to seeing some great movies in high-definition. “Twister,” starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers trying to digitally map a tornado, was a big hit in 1996. Do check it out in high definition; the …

Starturtle writes “Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer had admitted that Microsoft had been working on support for Blu-ray under Windows during this year’s Mix08 conference. Rumors began to swirl and many began to expect Microsoft to announce a Blu-ray peripheral for the Xbox 360. However, Microsoft came out and denied all rumors, stating that they were not exploring any kind of Blu-ray …