Does this mean the end of the HD-DVD wars?

We here at techRivet had previously predicted that the High Definition DVD wars would end with the opposite result, a victory for HD-DVD.  Primarily because of the decision of the adult industry to produce their titles in HD-DVD format exclusively.

Here: HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: it's all over.

And then we had some little egg on our face as we had to retract part of that broad statement when Sony began to offer support to the adult industry later in the year.

Here: Sony wises up and listens to techRivet

Now Warner Brothers has stopped straddling the format divide and put both feet on the Blu-Ray bus Toshiba is going to need a near miracle to win the war.  There are a bunch of VPs, Executive VPs and  C-level folks over at Toshiba that are not getting very much sleep tonight.

Toshiba Corp. late Friday said it was 'quite surprised' by Warner Bros.' decision to adopt Sony Corp.'s (NYSE:SNE) Blu-ray disc format instead of Toshiba's HD DVD.

eh...no longer satisfied with a little two eggs over easy on our face, we now have a full omelette with all the trimmings...mmmmmm omelettes, brb.

They mock the rivet, then they do what we tell them to:

Way back in January we warned Sony that they were in danger of losing the high definition format war: HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray: it's all over.

Now they have embraced the adult film industry: [linky]

The HD DVD high-definition movie format may have the lead in the U.S. porn industry, but Japanese adult film makers have turned decisively to Blu-ray Disc, breathing new life into its bid to replace DVDs as the disc of choice for home movies.

Sony Corp. has started offering more technical support to the adult film industry in Japan, movie makers said at the Adult Treasure Expo 2007 in Chiba, Japan, and the problem of finding companies to mass produce their movies appears to be over.

This is a very interesting development. We here at techRivet.com officially retract our previous statement of the demise of the Blu-Ray format.

The reports of Blu-Ray's death have been greatly exaggerated.