Warner Bros. backs Blu-ray format
Cory Bergman January 6th, 2008
In the first big announcement of CES 2008, Warner Bros. has decided to support Blu-ray, “a decision that could serve as a death blow to Toshiba’s rival HD DVD format,” reports Variety. Warner says consumer preferences for Blu-ray were outpacing HD DVD. That leaves Paramount and Universal still supporting HD DVD, with Warner joining Disney, Sony, Fox and Lionsgate all backing Blu-ray. Meanwhile, the HD DVD team was stunned with the news heading into CES. They canceled a media event, but promised to keep fighting. “We’ve been declared dead before,” says a Toshiba spokesperson.
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1. Anonymous | January 6th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Please, consumers don’t “prefer” the more expensive Blu-Ray format, they just go with whatever plays what they want to play. And with bribes being offered to content providers to go exclusive to one format or the other, consumers are going to be ****ed no matter what.
Discs must die. Digital downloads for the win.
2. Joe | January 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I’ve been told the porn industry tipped the scale between VHS and Beta videotape when it went VHS. Is that true? If so, which way is the porn industry going in the DVD format and will that influence which will come out on top?
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