Paramount to Drop HD DVD?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 8, 2008 @01:58AM from the this-might-be-it-folks dept.

zeromemory writes "The Financial Times reports that " Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers' recent backing of Sony's Blu-ray technology, in a move that will sound the death knell of HD DVD and bring the home entertainment format war to a definitive end." According to the Times, Warner Brother's recent defection to Blu-Ray allowed Paramount to terminate their exclusive relationship with HD DVD. Universal Studios remains the only major studio to exclusively support the HD DVD format, though rumors have surfaced that their contract may also contain a termination provision similar to that exercised by Paramount."

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already denied by paramount by Jesus_Corpse · 2008-01-08 02:01 · Score: 5, Informative

Paramount already denied this:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aQMGgh2LV_bU&refer=japan

There's only a clausule that it is permitted for Paramount to drop hd-dvd if they think it's needed.
Paramount Denies by quantumplacet · 2008-01-08 02:02 · Score: 5, Informative

Paramount had denied this allegation. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=178864