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Paramount drops HDDVD. End of format war?

Posted on 08.01.2008 at 10:26 in Tech News by Martin

Paramount studios is poised to drop its support of the high-definition DVD (HD DVD) format after Warner Bros studio said it would back the competing Blu-ray format, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.The loss of support from Paramount, which is owned by Viacom Inc, would likely deal the final blow to the HD DVD format backed by Toshiba Corp and put an end to the format war, the newspaper said on its Web site. Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp’s Blu-ray format, marking a major setback to the HD DVD camp.

Blu-ray discs outsold HD DVD by nearly two-to-one in the United States last year, but HD DVD had secured major allies in August when Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said they would go exclusively with HD DVD. But Paramount is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to change sides if Warner Bros backed Blu-ray, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the situation. However, Paramount spokeswoman denied this news as speculative with “Paramount’s current plan is to continue to support the HD DVD format”.

Source: Forbes, FT, Bloomberg 

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  1. white_fox
    January 9th, 2008 | 02:13

    target is now blu ray exclusive too lmao hd-dvd is done for
    its crap anyways

  2. beReal
    January 9th, 2008 | 03:10

    @100

    i dont back microsoft at all

    hence the playable backups of 360 games, that do work on live…. :-D
    are we really talkin about who’s getting their money’s worth?

    if so go pirates screw b-ray and hd-dvd, go mkv format :lol:

  3. toninio
    January 9th, 2008 | 05:17

    dont understand this console people here…paying things that you have on the PC for free. PC games are better and you can download them for free, multiplayer is at its best on PC, you can watch HD and any oder video material… some people saying games for the ps3 are better then xbox but how they know when that games are still in development, and when they done maybe wouldn’t be ps3 exclusive

  4. NightFlight
    January 9th, 2008 | 05:51

    Everyone seems to be forgetting that the Xbox 360’s capabilities are and will continue to be greatly hindered by the fact that all of their games are produced on DVDs. The PS3 plays Blu-Ray format discs which are undeniably better than DVDs. As games become more complex (i.e. playable content increases, resolution improves) DVDs WILL NOT be able to handle the load. Xbox 360 owners will either have to deal with watered down versions of killer new games, switch discs constantly, or all buy the ugly HD DVD add on if MS so chooses to upgrade their gaming media. All of these options suck. Also keep in mind that all major companies generally deny rumors of closed door decisions until they are good and ready to make the announcement themselves. Remember it was rumored that Warner would drop HD DVD BEFORE it actually was confirmed. Sorry HD DVD supporters you lost your investment. Get back on the horse and buy Blu-Ray!

  5. JC
    January 9th, 2008 | 14:21

    @White_Fox

    They are both the same, you don’t get better picture quality off Blu or HD, HD-DVD has the edge with sound due to the amount of mandatory codecs but they are basically the same. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will even be the same size come Autumn because of the release of the 51GB HD-DVD (which will be playable by all players). But really why do you need that much space for films, I have 28 HD-DVD’s, excluding Heroes, Sopranos and Star Trek, none of them have more than 1 disc.

  6. JC
    January 9th, 2008 | 14:29

    And @NightFlight

    I’m more worried that due to the PS3 having less graphics memory and RAM than the 360, this will stop companies making games as good as they should be.

  7. white_fox
    January 9th, 2008 | 15:59

    also metal gear solid 4 is exclusive
    and Driver,Eight Days,Final Fantasy Versus XIII,Final Fantasy XIII,The Getaway 3 ,God of War III,Gran Turismo 5,Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier ,Killzone 2,Metal Gear Online,Mist of Chaos,MLB 08: The Show,MotorStorm 2,Red Dead Revolver 2,Resistance 2,SOCOM: Confrontation,Tekken 6,Time Crisis 4,White Knight Chronicles, and many more i didnt list
    im glad i didn’t buy that crap box360!!! lololol!!!!
    =-)!
    8)

  8. NightFlight
    January 9th, 2008 | 17:58

    @JC
    28 Hd Dvds?!?!
    That is a lot of money spent. This must be horrendously bad news for you. Even if this news is pure rumor, HD DVD is still on its last leg. I’d sell them to a rental store if I were you.

  9. NightFlight
    January 9th, 2008 | 18:07

    @JC
    Also the Xbox 360 does not have more graphics memory. It has 10 mb while the PS3 has 256 mb of dedicated graphics memory. This next part I’m unsure of but for the 360 to play games with only 10 mb of video ram I’m assuming that it shares the other 512 mb of general RAM. Since the ps3 dedicates 256 mb to video and 256 to everything else there is essentially a 10 mb difference in total available memory.

  10. Peter Parker
    January 9th, 2008 | 23:54

    Also the GPU on the PS3 is technically better than the 360.

    The 360 has the ATI Xenos. This is the same as ATI R500 which is like a lower spec Radeon X1800 (which was an R520).

    The PS3 has the Nvidia-SCEI RSX which is a G71, equivalent to a GeForce 7900GT/GTX as it has 24 parallax pixel pipelines. The lower spec 7900GS only has 20 parallax pixel pipelines so we can rule that model out.

    The X1800 was flawed and didn’t perform very well. It was also very late on the scene and was quickly replaced by the X1900 which was a much better card and fixed many of the problems of the X1800. The 7900GT/GTX’s on the other hand were damn good graphics cards.

  11. die hard
    January 10th, 2008 | 00:55

    paramount denies that they went to bluray…they said they’re still with hddvd

  12. joe blow
    January 10th, 2008 | 03:01

    thats cause they got paid $500 mill. to stfu

  13. jroc261
    January 10th, 2008 | 05:24

    The companies of the HD DVD Promotional Group today issued a statement in response to the decision by Warner Home Video to exclusively back the Blu-ray format:

    “While Warner’s decision is a setback for HD DVD, the consumer has benefited from HD DVD’s commitment to quality and affordability — a bar that is critical for the mainstream success of any format. We believe widespread adoption of a next generation format will ultimately be determined by the consumer.”

    Now that Warner Bros. has decided to go 100% Blu-ray with all of their titles (which include releases from New Line Cinema, HBO and tons of other independent studios), Blu-ray has garnered more than 70% of of the studio support, leaving the HD DVD camp in the dust. In addition, last month saw the Blu-ray Association start to support the release of adult movies in the hi-def format, a factor that HD DVD was counting on to become victorious in the format war. Obviously now, HD DVD is officially starting to lose the battle.

  14. jroc261
    January 10th, 2008 | 05:26

    100GB blu ray has been made!
    i heard that they can make 200GB

  15. white_fox
    January 10th, 2008 | 05:30

    6 layer blu ray 200GB WoW!
    http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/1006/04/tdk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/tdk_200gb_and_mini_bluray_discs.php&start=1&h=253&w=450&sz=23&tbnid=nSMTXvP5yV-12M:&tbnh=71&tbnw=127&hl=en&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblu%2Bray%2B200gb%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26ie%3DUTF-8&um=1
    lets see hd dvd do dat!
    i think they only have 30GB hd-dvds right now they are working on triple layer i heard tho oh well still only 90GB
    blu ray=200GB

  16. NightFlight
    January 10th, 2008 | 06:38

    It is obviously time for HD DVD to honorably concede and save less tech-savvy consumers the money and confusion of dealing with two formats.

  17. AlphA
    January 10th, 2008 | 09:13

    I’ll settle this once and for all.

    PS3: Good Blu-ray player and has some good games *coming soon*
    360: Good games system and has most of the good games at the moment + Media Center system.
    Wii: Best games system EVER, explains why it is out selling the other two by almost triple.

    Back on topic: Blu-ray has more storage and HD-DVD has more support in the PC world…. well they’d like you to believe it does.

    I’m going to wait until Blu-ray Burners are nice and cheap then buy one. So looks like I will be waiting about 3 - 4 years.

    - Adam

  18. Dr Lama
    January 11th, 2008 | 02:00

    Plastic discs are too 70’s, also one can cut oneself on them, they always go missing, they get scratches, sticky coke on them etc etc, HELLO HEARD OF “DIGITAL” ?, we also have lines in which digital information can travel these days, it’ called “tah intarwebbz” ! ?.

  19. NightFlight
    January 11th, 2008 | 02:28

    Correction: Wii is the cheapest game system right now. It is not the best. It is great fun for a while but its games are mostly simple and childish. When the excitement of the cool controllers wears off real gamers seek challenging and complex gameplay and the Wii DOES NOT provide that.

  20. dllhost
    January 11th, 2008 | 10:05

    @102 beReal

    I f*ck playing pirated games on console!
    I have bunch of originals for PS1 and PS2 and I’m very proud of it. I can play pirates on PC coz I don’t have to make hardware modifications.
    BTW MS is banning consoles with back-up’s play ability so good luck in playing at live :P

    @103 WTF ? PC games better ? Is WHOLE different story.
    Basically PC = FPS/Hack’n’slash/Bugged sh*t like Gothic 3
    Console = RPG/Racing/Adventure-platform.
    Do u have Gran Turismo or Forza on PC ? NO! So don’t tell me that PC gamez r better ;/

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