Just when you thought the high-def format war was nearing an end, something like this happens: Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced that they will release their DVD titles exclusively on HD DVD.
Movies Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Including Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation SKG, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films to be Released Exclusively in HD DVD.
If you were planning on getting the Blu-ray version of Transformers, Shrek the Third, or Blades of Glory, then this news has got to sting. It should be noted that films directed by Steven Spielberg will not be exclusive to either HD DVD or Blu-ray.
But why would Paramount/DreamWorks make a switch so late in the game? Some reports (thanks DVDDesign) suggest that cash (and lots of it) was involved. With the announcement of this new deal, HD DVD now has support from 12 movie studios, while Blu-ray has support from 10.
I’m sure those of you who have built up a decent Blu-ray collection are royally pissed off after hearing this news. We don’t blame you. This format war has gone on long enough.
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2:23 PM on 08.20.2007
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Blame Bay!
Dragon Wars ftw!
This must piss him off, so I approve, because Mondays need laughter.
Also, cocks.
the ceo's need to be castrated with fishing knives.
it was sweet.
@Alex.
Too true.
Once the six StarWars movies pick a format, consider it GG.
I don't care one way or another, though. I rarely ever buy SD DVDs.
I consider myself to be format neutral owning both the HD-DVD addon and a PS3. However i was hoping that with all the support Blu-ray was getting that this format war would be ending. Now with this announcement stoking the HD-DVD fires again it is going to drag on even longer.
FFS ONE OF YOU FORMATS FUCKING DIE ALREADY.
This is ungood news for me as a ps3 owner. I kinda hope Bluray wins, so the ps3 will be more useful, and possibly cheaper and more popular.
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20050608/105586/
3D Optical cards get my vote.
The real answer is fuck them both up their stupid asses and as someone already said is for the price for the combo players to drop.
DVD +/- RW drives are standard now, and the same thing will probably happen with this crap.
everything starts using Holographic Storage Tech.
Well its a hilarious scene because MS is getting a fair bit of stick for not having higher capacity media in comparison to the PS3 for games. But on the movie front, things seem to go the other way around.
Either way, the studios are fucktards for pimping one format over another. It makes more sense for all movies to be out on all current forms of media and let the consumer make his choice. Which would usually be based on:
1. Cheaper retail price
OR
2. What's easiest available as a pirated copy.
So that way, all the technical hoo-haa is reduced to marketing rubbish (as far as average joe is concerned) and we can have this format war over faster than it is. This is fucking irritating.
I guess millions of dollars does stuff... the only true winners in the HD format war? the studios who go to the highest bidder.
That is all, please continue.
I mean, it IS the superior format and obvious choice in this war.
HD-DVD really is a better format anyways. I'd prefer to see it win.
but w/e, by next year ill buy a BD burner and just burn everything into BD for higher storage and pirated movies. Its just logic that getting 25/50g of space is friggin better than 10gig of space, it is fucking logic, at least till hologram disks come out with 200-1 Terrabites of space.
fuk the movie industry, go Piracy ftw!