Holy ****! Paramount drops Blu-ray, HD DVD exclusive

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/20/ap4036000.html

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was reading Engadget when I saw than and nearly spit out the water I was drinking. I never saw this coming. This makes things a little more interesting.kodex1717

I'm at work right now and I almost had a heart attack.......so much for people saying that it is a dead format.

[QUOTE="kodex1717"]I was reading Engadget when I saw than and nearly spit out the water I was drinking. I never saw this coming. This makes things a little more interesting.BadAndy642

I'm at work right now and I almost had a heart attack.......so much for people saying that it is a dead format.

I think instead of one dead format we may now have two. At least I feel better about my HD-DVD add-on now!

wow.

just.

wow.

now this war will last another couple years darnit

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[QUOTE="kodex1717"]I was reading Engadget when I saw than and nearly spit out the water I was drinking. I never saw this coming. This makes things a little more interesting.ramey70

I'm at work right now and I almost had a heart attack.......so much for people saying that it is a dead format.

I think instead of one dead format we may now have two. At least I feel better about my HD-DVD add-on now!

Me too. Now if only aCE would make a HD DVD player with DVD-A and SACD support for my other dead formats. (I'm alright in the laserdisc dept. my '89 Pioneer player still works like a charm :D )

Ya I was shocked to hear this...it will be interesting to see if this causes Warner to choose a side as they are the only major studio supporting both now.

hmm so Paramount thinks they can sell more with HD-DVD when its clearly Blu Ray is on top just yet, risky move but interestingdef_mode

This is the death touch for blu ray... Paramount, Universal exlusive... warner clearly favors HD DVD with superior content and release dates... they will be next. Blu ray is a fad being fueld by PS3... thats it, no differnet then the UMD.Bdking57

I did not realize that Paramount and Universal were the only studios. What about Sony, Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, Touchstone and Columbia? I hardly think Warner Bros will go exlcusive to HD-DVd since 300 on its first day of its release sold 190,000 on Blu-ray and 90,000 on HD DVD.

[QUOTE="Bdking57"]This is the death touch for blu ray... Paramount, Universal exlusive... warner clearly favors HD DVD with superior content and release dates... they will be next. Blu ray is a fad being fueld by PS3... thats it, no differnet then the UMD.METALgearJES

I did not realize that Paramount and Universal were the only studios. What about Sony, Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, Touchstone and Columbia? I hardly think Warner Bros will go exlcusive to HD-DVd since 300 on its first day of its release sold 190,000 on Blu-ray and 90,000 on HD DVD.

[QUOTE="Bdking57"]This is the death touch for blu ray... Paramount, Universal exlusive... warner clearly favors HD DVD with superior content and release dates... they will be next. Blu ray is a fad being fueld by PS3... thats it, no differnet then the UMD.METALgearJES

I did not realize that Paramount and Universal were the only studios. What about Sony, Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, Touchstone and Columbia? I hardly think Warner Bros will go exlcusive to HD-DVd since 300 on its first day of its release sold 190,000 on Blu-ray and 90,000 on HD DVD.

Universal said they were going for the dual formats

And Paramount doesn't have anything I want

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[QUOTE="Bdking57"]This is the death touch for blu ray... Paramount, Universal exlusive... warner clearly favors HD DVD with superior content and release dates... they will be next. Blu ray is a fad being fueld by PS3... thats it, no differnet then the UMD.mike7677

I did not realize that Paramount and Universal were the only studios. What about Sony, Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, Touchstone and Columbia? I hardly think Warner Bros will go exlcusive to HD-DVd since 300 on its first day of its release sold 190,000 on Blu-ray and 90,000 on HD DVD.

Universal said they were going for the dual formats

And Paramount doesn't have anything I want

Since when did Universal say that?

And I didn't realize how far back I'd have to go to find a Paramount movie I actually did want (other than Transformers).

But since Heroes is only on HDDVD, and the HDDVD version of 300 has better features, I think it's time to buy that 360 add-on.

Man, I just woke up today and this was the biggest shock I've had. That's just crazy!

well i was thinking about getting the hd-dvd add-on for my 360 i guess this makes it even better

[QUOTE="Bdking57"]This is the death touch for blu ray... Paramount, Universal exlusive... warner clearly favors HD DVD with superior content and release dates... they will be next. Blu ray is a fad being fueld by PS3... thats it, no differnet then the UMD.METALgearJES

I did not realize that Paramount and Universal were the only studios. What about Sony, Lionsgate, Disney, Fox, Touchstone and Columbia? I hardly think Warner Bros will go exlcusive to HD-DVd since 300 on its first day of its release sold 190,000 on Blu-ray and 90,000 on HD DVD.

Of course there are other studios, but Paramount is the largest.

But Touchstone? Touchstone isn't a studio. It's owned by Disney.