main
Report a problem

Paramount to Support Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray

stncttr908   on 03 October 2005 - 14:43 · 42 comments & 7096 views

Advertisement (Why?)
Paramount Home Entertainment has decided to offer its films in both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats, becoming the first major content provider to publicly support both next generation media types. With consumers being left to choose a high definition media type, Paramount felt it would best saturate the market with products in both formats. As part of its statement the company said that widespread support for Blu-Ray, particularly Sony's Playstation 3, was influential in the decision. Paramount had been one of the initial backers for HD-DVD.

View: Full Article @ Macworld

Post a comment · Send to friend Comments · There are 42 additional comments
#1 vetvoidunknown on 03 Oct 2005 - 19:15
I have a feeling this will end up more like DVD-R vs DVD+R than it will Beta vs VHS. A few companies have already announced dual format players. Dual format writers will follow. Just get one that does both. Then buy the cheaper media/movies. Both formats will be around a long time. Sony is putting Blue Ray in the PS3, since Microsoft is backing HD-DVD, you know they will add an HD-DVD drive to the Xbox 360. If not at initial launch, then later down the road.

Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.

Advertisement (Why?)