Erroneous HD DVD Report Gets Tongues Wagging

An anonymous reader writes "HD DVD fans learned a valuable lesson in 'don't believe everything you read' this week, after the trade publication Home Media Magazine reported that the HD DVD camp planned to release more than 20x the number of releases planned on Blu-ray through the end of 2007. The suggestion was so preposterous that even the official HD DVD Promotions Group (which has the most to gain from the spread of such misinformation) has requested a correction. 'Contacted for comment, the HD DVD Promotional Group told us that the Home Media Magazine report was incorrect. The group says it "conservatively" projects a worldwide total of 600 HD DVD releases for the entirety of 2007, and that the error in the report appeared to stem from a slide in an HD DVD powerpoint presentation that listed the cumulative number of titles by month for 2006. The Home Media Magazine report also quoted a Blu-ray spokesperson as saying that Blu-ray-affiliated studios will release a total of 43 titles in 2007. This number also appears to be incorrect, given that 160 titles have already been announced through September in the U.S. alone.'"

20X the releases?

[Anonymous Coward]

So they were going to release 20 titles?

That's all well and good

[aegisalpha]

But how many of the 600 planned releases are high quality porn?

How can you still be an HD DVD fanboi?

[Anonymous Coward]

I didnt realize they had fanbois for media formats. Um, woot?

And who reads "media home" anyway? Potential fanbois, that's who.

The real question is, how do I *profit* from my complete indifference?

The Real Number of Interest

[Nom du Keyboard]

The real number of interest, how many titles in each format will be broken, ripped, and torrented first?

Re:Yet another HD DVD vs. Blu-ray article

[ajd1474]

I was sure that that said "we have more titties than you"....it'll be the only way HD-DVD wins this war