In what is sure to be a huge blow to the HD DVD camp, Warner Brothers has gone exclusively to Blu-Ray. Where once they were producing for both HD formats with movies like Harry Potter and 300, the WB will produce only for Blu-Ray. Check the quote from WB chairman Barry Meyer:
"The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger,"
Meyer seems to think that this will end the format war, but with movie homes like Paramount, DreamWorks and Universal still in the HD DVD camp, I don't think this thing is over. But it is disappointing because HD DVD titles seemed to have more features than their Blu-Ray counter parts. And this move would suggest that most movie homes are moving towards Blu-Ray. With the thought of Batman: The Dark Knight and the remaining Harry Potter movies only in Blu-Ray format, they might have made up my mind for me.
A big blow for sure!
Check the press release after the jump.
[Gizmodo]
3 comments:
Well, if you've got kids and want Disney on HD, Blu-Ray's your only choice. And with WB now choosing sides, I think HD-DVD's goin' down. Makes PS3 look more attractive, much like it did when standard definition DVD was getting popular.
I do understand how people with kids would want Blu-Ray for Disney. Honestly, movies like Cars, The Incredible's, and Toy Story look just as good on standard DVD as they do on Blu-Ray, as long as you have a good HDTV.
This sucks because HD DVD seems to have more special features than Blu-Ray, and at a better price. It's starting to look like there's a PS3 in my future.
The writing's on the wall:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/a/af/20080105024317%21HighDefShare.svg
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