Paramount prepares to deal killing blow in HD DVD vs Blu-ray war
By Sean P. Aune
Just as it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for the HD DVD camp, along comes the news that it looks like Paramount is ready to board the lifeboats.
According to the Financial Times, Paramount has a clause in their exclusivity agreement with HD DVD that will allow them to switch over to Blu-ray. The clause was supposedly based on the premise if Warner Brothers chose to support Blu-ray only, which happened last week. This clause could let Paramount get out of their contract which was set to end in February 2009.
There is no word, as of yet, if DreamWorks SKG Animation would also be allowed to switch sides. If they do not have the escape clause it would leave them as the last studio on the HD DVD format exclusively.
While the rumor of Paramount has not yet been confirmed, it makes sense that this would have been written into the contract. Blu-ray now controls 70% of the content in the marketplace, leaving HD DVD in an inevitable position.
If Paramount does announce their departure for Sony’s Blu-ray, you can pretty much mark that in the history books as the day HD DVD died.
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January 8th, 2008
Well this is the end for hd dvd. It been nice knowing you.
January 9th, 2008
hd is not dead yet..!!!!!
i do not like blue ray they really suck, i will never ever will buy blue ray dvd player or blu ray dvd’s only hd dvd’s, hd dvd player is alot better picture and more clearer.
i’ll say it once more ” I WILL NEVER BUY ANY F****N BLUE RAY PLAYER.
January 9th, 2008
Well Jerry, I guess you’ll be the only dumb F&%K going to the store asking for HDDVD. I swear some people are so stupid. Lets see isn’t it logical that If Blu-ray wins the price will drop? The only people complaining are the ones who can’t afford it. I’m sure you can just go purchase one of those 19.99 SD movies since you will be one of the only few people whining that he doesn’t want to buy it. And how does Blu-ray suck, You don’t know WTF your even talking about. You haven’t even purchased a Blu-ray movie in your life. You are like one of those kids that say vegetables are nasty and have never tried them before. Blu-ray betters HDDVD In alot of areas. As a user of both formats I can tell them apart mostly with the sound quality. So go read up some more on your formats and try out both formats before you make such dumb accusations.
January 15th, 2008
Well said MOON Pie. Jerry, in the simplest sense, you are an idiot. Not only are you a complete moron when it comes to the HD format war, but you seem to also lack common sense, which tells you that the people made the decision. Consumers had two choices, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, no one force-fed either format, it was the customer that came to the logical conclusion that BD-DVD is better. So take that confederate flag out of your @sshole and go redeem your retarded statements by purchasing a PS3.
PS: You also remind me a bit of a turd I once pooped out.
January 29th, 2008
Jerry,
You’re just an immature little 12 year old. What do you know? When you grow up and graduate high school, you can get a job at McDonald’s and save your money to buy a Blu-Ray player, as HD-DVD will be long gone by then (based on the 9 years it will take you to graduate high school).