Paramount Drops HD-DVD
Well, that didn’t take as long as I thought it would. I figured it might be at least a few days before Paramount made the decidion to drop HD-DVD. But I guess they hated being last to the party with a date nobody wanted.
So today, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount also dumped HD-DVD and will now be releasing content exclusively on Blu-Ray.
According to the Paramount press release quoted in the article:
"We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer. As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."
Again, no mention about content currently in the pipeline that’s already HD-DVD. Maybe they’ll go back and redo all of them and then release on Blu-Ray? That would seem unlikely and pretty costly. But with the odd things Hollywood studios sometimes do, I guess anything is possible.
I win! I told everyone blu-ray is the way to go, due to the push for the PS3. I told 'ems! I TOLD 'EMS!
Yes, but you also told everyone that "there's no way they can screw up 'Spider-Man 3'"… and we all know how that turned out.(Okay, I made that up.)