makingmusic476 said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 08:35 PM ET Though it's widely expected that Warner Bros. subsidiaries New Line and HBO will follow Warner Home Entertainment to Blu-ray exclusivity, for the moment they remain format-agnostic. That's according to Warner Home Entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara, who said that the studio's announcement that it would drop HD DVD support does not extend to titles released by New Line, HBO or the BBC (which Warner distributes here in the US). "They'll be making whatever decision they're going to make," said Tsujihara. "I assume they'll let people know very quickly, but they are not covered by this initial announcement." Tsujihara's comments came in a post-announcement conference call with various members of the media, including High-Def Digest. Stay tuned for more news from the Warner conference call... See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions. And the circle-jerking just keeps on coming. Yet this does mean a LotR trilogy is still likely on both formats. |
Boo, then videobusiness lied. :( |
Again, you could still get LotR on blu-ray, especially since New Line has actually given more blu-ray releases than HD-DVD.
Yeah, the only reason I've wanted HD DVD to die (to put it bluntly), was because it's been obvious Blu-Ray was going to win for a while now, and the sooner it does, the sooner neutral studios take advantage of Blu-Ray's space and bitrates, and the sooner HDM in general takes off. Deuling formats isn't good for anybody, and since Blu was already so far ahead, I figured it why would we want to go through all of the trouble of having HD DVD gradually making a turn around, then eventually pass up Blu-Ray, then, in a few years, finally almost killing off BD, better never fully being abel to put the format to rest because of the ps3 (at which point Blu-Ray would become like UMD). The whole scenario seemed like a waste of time, when we could have on format in only a year, maybe less, so why the hell not?
You still think mainstream consumers are even aware of one HD format, let alone two, that are supposedly scaring them off? Warner may think so, but if they push for mainstream awareness, that would have a better affect than simply going exclusive.
