Blu-ray Vs. HD DVD: The Perpetually Oscillating Pendulum
After more than a year’s worth of releasing titles in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, Paramount and distribution partner DreamWorks Animation have both decided to exclusively focus on HD DVD going forward (PDF). Quoting from the press release:
The exclusive HD DVD commitment will include all movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films, as well as movies from DreamWorks Animation, which are distributed exclusively by Paramount Home Entertainment.
The first HD DVD-exclusive movie will be Blades of Glory, which should make my wife (a fan of both Will Ferrell and Jon Heder) quite happy.
Who was it who just said a few days ago that the format war was nowhere near over? Oh yes….now I remember….
Followup: I’d like to also direct your attention to this excellent writeup at BetaNews which echoes a point I’ve made many times in the past, most recently above when I compared the combined sales of Blu-ray and HD DVD against VHS. At this point in the game, Blu-ray and HD DVD’s primary competition isn’t each other, it’s red laser DVD (along with, for that matter, downloadable movies). And oh, by the way, Blu-ray and HD DVD’s combined sales are also only about 1% of red laser DVD at the moment. This has been a perspective service announcement….
Followup II: Ars Technica interviews Paramount’s CTO, who echoes a number of points I recently made.
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