For those of you who are “techie” enough to know or care, Toshiba single-handedly ended the high def war Tuesday by announcing the end of their HD DVD production and allowing Sony’s Blu-ray format to win out. So if you had invested in HD DVD’s, you’re pretty much out of luck.

The sweet irony of this (note: Irony is one of the things White People like) is that this news broke around the same time as a story (video above) that a South Carolina firefighter was saved by a DVD in his coat pocket.

Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro on Saturday morning when two men ran in fighting over a gun. Police say a bullet hit one of the struggling men, shattered a window and then hit McRoy.

The bullet hit a DVD McRoy was carrying in his pocket. He suffered a bruise but didn’t realize he had been shot. As he told a police officer what happened he noticed a bullet hole in his jacket, the shattered DVD case and a piece of the bullet.

“I was saved by a DVD,” McRoy says. “How lucky can you get?” [AP]

Notice how he was saved by a DVD. Not a sissy little Blu-ray disc. If he had been packing a VHS, the ricochet probably would have killed the bad guy.

My point is that DVD’s save lives. If we assume the opposite, things that aren’t DVD’s don’t save lives. And if I take that to the extreme, Blu-ray discs could kill people.

That’s right folks, McRoy has taught us a very valuable lesson. Sony’s corporate greed and our “need” for new video formats is costing lives. The blood is on our hands!