Paramount to Drop Blu-Ray for HD-DVD

JM78 writes to tell us The New York Times is reporting that Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation will be dropping support for Blu-ray Disc and going solely with HD-DVD for their next gen DVDs. "Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, said consumers seeking to switch to high-definition DVDs will be enticed by the movies available for HD-DVD players. He added the lower price for the Toshiba devices will appeal to the family market. 'It's a game-changer, what they're doing, and it's why we decided to throw in with them,' Katzenberg said."

Hey, Toshiba!

[Mr. Roadkill]

The Victor Company of Japan called.

They said they want their market disruption techniques back.

Re:Why?!

[redneckHippe]

There's no such thing as "too much porn". Now maybe "too much pr0n"

Re:Hey, Toshiba!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah? Well, the Jerk store called: they're running out of you!

(and I slept with your wife)

Re:Yeah, right.

[Anonymous Coward]

They're dead. And I'm grateful. 'Nuf said.

Besides, I would've thought Satan himself would've bought up all those copies for Hell. 6+ hours of them and I'd be begging for the fire and brimstone! I can take just about anything except dirty, smelly hippies.

Re:Yeah, right.

[Seumas]

My understanding is that HD-DVD does not do uncompressed audio like Blu-Ray. That alone is enough to sell me on Blu-Ray. I spent $20,000 on the audio system for my home entertainment center and I want the best quality media. I don't care if I can buy a HD-DVD player for $100 cheaper than a Blu-Ray -- if the quality isn't there, it isn't of interest.

Re:Yeah, right.

[John_Booty]

> by Seumas (6865) on Tuesday August 21, @01:08AM (#20300997)
> My understanding is that HD-DVD does not do uncompressed audio
> like Blu-Ray. That alone is enough to sell me on Blu-Ray. I
> spent $20,000 on the audio system for my home entertainment
> center and I want the best quality media. I don't care if I
> can buy a HD-DVD player for $100 cheaper than a Blu-Ray --
> if the quality isn't there, it isn't of interest.

> by ResidntGeek (772730) on Tuesday August 21, @01:18AM (#20301043)
> HD-DVD does support mandatory Linear PCM, so no worries there.

I like how that guy spent $20,000 on audio equipment, but can't do 30 seconds of research. I really need some clients like him. :)

Re:Hey, Toshiba!

[Mr. Roadkill]

Yeah? Well, the Jerk store called: they're running out of you!

Awww... does that mean you won't give me that super-secret bonus factory rebate on a Toshiba HD-DVD player now?

(and I slept with your wife)

(I know. She said you were so bad she didn't know whether to laugh or just kick you out and finish the job all by herself.)