Warner Pulls Support For HD DVD and Backs Blu-ray

[kennyt]

glocksout,

Funny you should mention that as I was at the AVN's Wednesday and spoke to DP's PR person there and their data is quite interesting, I somehow missed Vivid so I emailed there PR people for more info, expect a feature article on this soon.

KT

BTW Those girls REALLY should not be seen under fluorescent lighting!

[Lotus]

CES was fun for me and I've been really busy.

Here is the deal on HD-DVD:

Universal and Paramount/Dreamworks gave HD-DVD 4 weeks to either find a solution or they're going BD.

So pretty much they're going BD. Unless MS buys LGF or something.

[TheMoose]

Originally Posted by Lotus

CES was fun for me and I've been really busy.

Here is the deal on HD-DVD:

Universal and Paramount/Dreamworks gave HD-DVD 4 weeks to either find a solution or they're going BD.

So pretty much they're going BD. Unless MS buys LGF or something.

I hope this means a quick end to the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray war!!

[kennyt]

Lotus,

Great news!

I hope we see an end ASAP! I will still keep my XA2 until it dies and then worry about replacing my HD DVD collection.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by TheMoose

I hope this means a quick end to the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray war!!

Weirdly enough it is going to come down to a marketing research group's findings on the effect of the war on consumers.

I think that nearly 1M ****ed off consumers will leave a bad taste in the mouth of a lot of consumers towards BOTH sides.

This wasn't a war for the consumers it was confusion and indifference. For Studios and CEs it was a war. The fact that nearly 1M consumers are being left as collateral damage does leave a bad taste in peoples mouths.

The question is how many and will to adversely affect the outcome.

[Ken S]

With HD DVD out of the way, will BD titles go up in price? I already see an indication of this with the new releases this week. Most of the BD (single) titles at Amazon were < $20, but the two new releases I'm interested in; 3:10 To Yuma and Sunshine are $26.95 - $27.95 respectively. How are these prices going to get more people to buy into Blu-ray players?