On Tuesday, Toshiba announced that they were pulling the plug on their HD DVD player production, and thus the high-def disc format war has ended. The remainder of the week had other companies announcing their HD DVD plans. I’ve already posted about Universal and Paramount, and here are a few more items that bubbled through in just the last couple of days.

Not that it applies to very many consumers since so few HD DVD units were ever sold in Japan, but Japanese retailer Edion has a plan where you can trade in your HD DVD player for a BD unit and pay the difference, or get back money if your trade was worth more than the BD player. Link.

Meanwhile, in Texas, Bjorn’s is giving customers who purchased HD DVD players a store credit towards purchasing a Blu-ray unit if they return the HD DVD player and any free movies it included. Link.

While we’re on the subject of trade-ins, HDScape has two deals for HD DVD owners. The maker of scenic, aquarium, and fireplace videos is offering a $40 bundle of their 8 titles. If you already own an HDScape video and are switching to Blu-ray, they have an $11.95 upgrade plan. Link.

Onkyo, who sold a souped up XA-2, will exit the HD DVD business, just as Toshiba has done. While I’m sure Onkyo only expected to sell a relatively small quantity of high-end machines in the first place, it’s gotta hurt more for Venturer who came in at the low-end only to be outpriced by Toshiba almost immediately.

Unlike the Onkyo and Venturer units, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on player was a major force in the HD DVD camp. Following a price cut to $129 just a few weeks ago, it’s strongly rumored that this player will now go on sale for as little as $50. Link.

Other items that came up in the news are the expected commentary from various corners about the end of the format war. I’m looking forward to stories from insiders who might help to explain things that what we observed from the outside, and never received good explanations for.