This might be the straw that broke HD DVD's back if it turns out to be true.
According to a story from London's
Financial Times, Paramount is looking at abandoning the HD DVD format it signed on with less than a year ago. The story states that there is a clause in Paramount's contract with HD DVD that would allow the studio to get out of its contract if Warner Bros. did in fact switch over to Blu-Ray exclusively. Since that scenario is now a reality, it appears that Paramount may indeed use that clause and switch over exclusively to the Blu-Ray format. It is unclear if Dreamworks Animation, which signed its deal with HD DVD at the same time as Paramount, has the same clause in its contract.
If this scenario does unfold as reported, that would leave only Universal Studios as the only major studio supporting the HD DVD format. Universal declined comment for the Financial Times story.
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Universal's contract with HD-DVD expires at the end of January meaning they will be open to to pick up Blu-ray, no word on if they actually will right away though.
Obviously the two won't drop HD-DVD . . . yet, but I think becoming format neutral will actually speed up Blu-ray's victory by letting the companies compare sales like Warner did. Both companies would see a flood of sales for Blu and realize where the consumer demand really is. I have to say that if Warner was never format neutral then this war would have probably never ended. If all we had was exclusive Blu and exclusive HD then no company could honestly show strength from one format versus another. By WB selling both they could see which way the scale was actually tipping.
At least I get laid.
Love,
Christine
You sound like a really classy lady. And your picture is great as well. I see you and Kaya go to the same school. That's nice. Um...okay, this is hard. After seeing your picture, and looking a little closer at Kaya's, it finally dawned on me. Oh, man. I have to apologize. Sorry. I didn't realize this Towson school - you know - it was a "special" school (I'm not accustom to making fun of the, well, you know, you people) I swear. I honestly didn't know. Sorry. I'm sorry.
I hope this means WE are friends now.
PS
Can you count cards like Dustin Hoffman in that movie?
To my special friend,
Markdchapman
Christine - LOVE your reply! Nice!
Also, the following companies that back HD-DVD are switching to Blu: Fujitsu, Lenovo, Kenwood and Pony Canyon (which is a major Japanese film and music studio), plus more.
Word at CES is that retailers will eliminate in-store HD-DVD support once all these studios make official statements.
Check out thedigitalbits.com for the full article. HD-DVD is being dropped harder than a Saturday morning crap, looks like it won't even linger into the summer.
Go Blu!!!
Nobody cares about what you are doing at home, whether it involves jacking off into your HD player or wishing that you had actual friends. You're just pissed that Kaya was right all along, so shove it up your own fat ass and get over yourself.
Love,
Christine
My Blu-ray player can collect dust until the summer time.
Kaya's fat ass is gonna have a heart attack when he hears this.
He's probably e-mailing Michael Bay right now.
The Future is Blu!