In a major win for HD-DVD, Dreamworks and Paramount have agreed to exclusively distribute on HD-DVD only….
Now I don’t know about you but if I walked into my video store and they didn’t have the next big animation blockbuster because they had signed an exclusivity deal with Blu-Ray I would be mightily upset…
I wonder how long the Blockbuster execs are going to continue their Blu-Ray only stance for now?
DreamWorks Animation, Paramount pick HD DVD over Blu-Ray – Aug. 20, 2007
Last Updated: August 20, 2007
PillsburyDeeBoy
August 20, 2007 at 23:43
This really is getting silly. This is waaaay more silly than the Betamax/ VHS format war was, and I waasn’t even there!
Ruslan
August 21, 2007 at 06:48
Digital Distribution FTW! :p
LazySAGamer
August 21, 2007 at 07:05
lol I agree this is silly, I don’t see either side winning at the moment.
scotty777
August 21, 2007 at 08:21
ya… I honestly think that giving people the run about like this will leave them feeling head sore… neither will win, I mean, I’m every happy that the ps3 has blu-ray ONLY FOR GAMES… and thats it… it just adds longevity to the console… but i’m more happy that it does great upscaling as that is a BIG winner for me and my 5 year dvd collection…
TheAlteredState
August 21, 2007 at 09:25
Solution: buy a PS3 and a XBox. Have the best of both worlds!
Kinda like that Albany bread in the light blue packet!
LazySAGamer
August 21, 2007 at 09:43
Ah but the Xbox is not a HD-DVD player 🙂
Fred
August 21, 2007 at 09:57
So this war is far from over , and the people out there are all confused.
Milesh Bhana ZA
August 21, 2007 at 09:58
Well on the bright side the multiformat players will be out soon. Guess those with PS3s might be bummed. BUt for everyone else, a player that played HD-DVD, Blu-Ray and upscales DVDs is going to become commonplace if HD actually catched on.
Ruslan
August 21, 2007 at 11:02
I agree with AlteredState. Having both consoles is the way to go. One for games and the other for movies… which hopefully will start arriving more often!
feo
August 21, 2007 at 11:13
Yeah but if you get a 360 you won’t be able to use it to play HD DVDs, you need to buy the HD DVD addon for that.
koldFU5iON
August 21, 2007 at 11:38
OH YEAH! well well! at least once you’ve burnt a hole through your Blu-ray player we don’t have to get an ENTIRE NEW CONSOLE! haha *Down you noisy fan boi! down I SAY!!* I did hear that Blu-ray can play both formats though… so what’s the need for a multiplatform player?
Ruslan
August 21, 2007 at 13:31
The PS3 only plays BR. HD-DVD is a different laser.