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Paramount to Drop Blu-Ray for HD-DVD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the eggs-and-baskets dept.

JM78 writes to tell us The New York Times is reporting that Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation will be dropping support for Blu-ray Disc and going solely with HD-DVD for their next gen DVDs. "Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, said consumers seeking to switch to high-definition DVDs will be enticed by the movies available for HD-DVD players. He added the lower price for the Toshiba devices will appeal to the family market. 'It's a game-changer, what they're doing, and it's why we decided to throw in with them,' Katzenberg said."

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  1. Hey, Toshiba! by Mr.+Roadkill · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Victor Company of Japan called.

    They said they want their market disruption techniques back.

    1. Re:Hey, Toshiba! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah? Well, the Jerk store called: they're running out of you!

      (and I slept with your wife)

    2. Re:Hey, Toshiba! by Mr.+Roadkill · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah? Well, the Jerk store called: they're running out of you!
      Awww... does that mean you won't give me that super-secret bonus factory rebate on a Toshiba HD-DVD player now?

      (and I slept with your wife)
      (I know. She said you were so bad she didn't know whether to laugh or just kick you out and finish the job all by herself.)
  2. Re:Why?! by redneckHippe · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's no such thing as "too much porn". Now maybe "too much pr0n"

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  3. Re:Yeah, right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're dead. And I'm grateful. 'Nuf said.

    Besides, I would've thought Satan himself would've bought up all those copies for Hell. 6+ hours of them and I'd be begging for the fire and brimstone! I can take just about anything except dirty, smelly hippies.

  4. Re:Yeah, right. by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    My understanding is that HD-DVD does not do uncompressed audio like Blu-Ray. That alone is enough to sell me on Blu-Ray. I spent $20,000 on the audio system for my home entertainment center and I want the best quality media. I don't care if I can buy a HD-DVD player for $100 cheaper than a Blu-Ray -- if the quality isn't there, it isn't of interest.

  5. Re:Yeah, right. by John_Booty · · Score: 5, Funny

    > by Seumas (6865) on Tuesday August 21, @01:08AM (#20300997)
    > My understanding is that HD-DVD does not do uncompressed audio
    > like Blu-Ray. That alone is enough to sell me on Blu-Ray. I
    > spent $20,000 on the audio system for my home entertainment
    > center and I want the best quality media. I don't care if I
    > can buy a HD-DVD player for $100 cheaper than a Blu-Ray --
    > if the quality isn't there, it isn't of interest.

    > by ResidntGeek (772730) on Tuesday August 21, @01:18AM (#20301043)
    > HD-DVD does support mandatory Linear PCM, so no worries there.

    I like how that guy spent $20,000 on audio equipment, but can't do 30 seconds of research. I really need some clients like him. :)

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