HD-DVD not dead yet: Paramount declares allegiance

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makingmusic476 on 13 January 2008

Just because they'll continue to support HD DVD doesn't mean they won't start supporting Blu-Ray as well. This only rules out them going exclusive to Blu-Ray, and even then it only rules it out for the time being.

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steverhcp02 on 13 January 2008

well they pushed back their ONLY HD DVD releases as well
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Street_Date_Changes/Paramount_Delays_Into_the_Wild,_Things_We_Lost_in_the_Fire_HD_DVDs/1353

Its only a matter of time, if anyone thinks they are really in D DVD's court 100% then they need a kick to the side of the head because Uni and Paramount are most likely working our arrangements with their lawyers to find a way to get on BD.....Its too bad thre are suckers who care more about the companies that make teh products than th eproducts themeselves and will keep pouring money into an inevitable blackhole.

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leo-j on 13 January 2008

So they will make movies for blu-ray but not exclusively?

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brute on 13 January 2008

i think this will help it a little bit but in the end blu-ray will win

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libellule on 13 January 2008

Classic dammage control

Paramount is under a deal, so they can't chose what they really want to do.
They will just follow their deal : "we stay HD DVD exclusive"

As soon as they will be able to swithc, they will ... SWITCH !

End of the story

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brute on 13 January 2008

dtewi said:
Did I miss something?

Blu-Ray won?

What happened in the month I was gone in the format wars!?!?!?!?!

warner bros will support blu-ray exclusively

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brute on 13 January 2008

libellule said:
Classic dammage control

Paramount is under a deal, so they can't chose what they really want to do.
They will just follow their deal : "we stay HD DVD exclusive"

As soon as they will be able to swithc, they will ... SWITCH !

End of the story

how long is their deal?

plus what if microsoft/toshiba extend it

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HappySqurriel on 13 January 2008

I suspect that several studios will be careful not to alienate people who bought into HD-DVD because (for the next little while) a noticeable percentage of Blu-Ray adopters will have been former HD-DVD owners; Paramount doesn't want them to sulk and (potentially) boycott or badmouth their products because they decided to support Blu-Ray.

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CDiablo on 13 January 2008

I honestly think that HDDVD will hold on as long as possible, which is when Blu/HDDVD combo players come out. Then both formats win. Overall they will both lose due to the fact that HD/Blu really isnt much better than DVD.

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Million on 13 January 2008

I think this will still have a negative impract on Blu-Ray sales , Blu-Ray has effectivley one however it isn't the official victor , this move by paramount sends mixed messages to the consumer "why continue to support a format that lost?"