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Paramount to Drop HD DVD?

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. GET IN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GET IN THE SPROUSE MOOUSE.

  2. The impossible happened, hell froze over by alexhmit01 · · Score: -1, Troll

    So a superior technology, pushed by both Apple and Sony over their technically inferior but cheaper technology, could win? They could win despite the technically inferior but cheaper technology being backed by Microsoft and the other usual suspects of technically inferior technology?

    This must be unprecedented!

    1. Re:The impossible happened, hell froze over by LordZardoz · · Score: 0, Troll

      Bluray does 1080p, and HD-DVD does 1080i, at least with the way things are set up right now.

      END COMMUNICATION

    2. Re:The impossible happened, hell froze over by MartinG · · Score: -1, Troll

      There is nothing HD-DVD can do that Blu-Ray can't. And as you say, Blu-Ray is bigger.

      In my book, that makes Blu-Ray "superior"

      --
      -- MartinG To mail me: echo kewyjlcxyzvjfxbqwh | tr bcefhjklqvwxyz .@adgimnoprstu
  3. Re:Oh geez. by DrXym · · Score: 1, Troll

    They denied it in a weak and ambiguous manner. If Paramount were supporters of HD DVD all the way, why didn't they say as much? Why issue such a limp wristed statement which is open to interpretation. As I said, their statement doesn't preclude going neutral which may as well as be the same as killing support for HD DVD entirely.