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Warner Backs Blu-Ray. End Times For HD-DVD?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times reports: In addition to Apple, Warner Brothers is now going to throw its weight behind the Blu-ray format for high-definition disks. Warner has been the only major studio to publish its movies in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Today, the studio announced that from now on, it would only issue movies in Blu-ray. Richard Greenfield, the media analyst with Pali Research, wrote that this marks the end of the format wars: "We expect HD DVD to 'die' a quick death.""

3 of 705 comments (clear)

  1. Hell Freezing Over? Sony Actually WON!? by StCredZero · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Sony format WON!? Did Nostradamus talk about this? Maybe Sony Blu-Ray DRM is the "Seventh Seal?"

  2. sure they look fine... by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

    DVDs look great on my HDTV (40" LCD).
    Sure they look fine, but they don't support the 96 kHz audio sampling rate. By sticking with DVDs, you're missing out on a vast spectrum of inaudible sound.
    --
    Badass Resumes
  3. Re:I knew it... by Mex · · Score: 4, Funny

    What?

    NO! Don't be a pawn! Do not wait for these wars to be over! You are essential to success! Be a soldier, mister! Drop down and give me 20 (dollars) for your old movies that you had to buy again!

    Only YOU can decide who wins this war!

    - This message brought to you by the MPAA. Buy more movies plz k thx bye