http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/ Engadget HD Comments for Paramount, Dreamworks dropping Blu-ray in favor of HD DVD exclusivity http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
This will be interesting!]]>Aug 20th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/I hear the stampede of HD-DVD fanboi's coming.]]>Aug 20th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
"Paramount Home Entertainment will issue new releases day and date as well as catalog titles exclusively on HD DVD. Today's announcement does not include films directed by Steven Spielberg as his films are not exclusive to either format."

http://www.viacom.com/NEWS/NewsText.aspx?RID=1042073]]>Aug 20th 2007 1:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Flip-flopping back in forth lol.

Give the both of them another 8-12 months and they'll go neutral again.]]>Aug 20th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Note this isn't the first time this has happened. Blu-ray was rumored to have paid $50 million for Disney exclusivity and $20 million for FOX. Toshiba is also believed to have paid $50 million or more for Universal exclusivity.]]>Aug 20th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
OK!!! Xyzzy and Nfinity you guys can GLOAT NOW!!!! Get your I TOLD YOU US OUT THE WAY.]]>Aug 20th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
The HD camp just pulled a F*()in miracle!

My first thought was upgrading my 360 to an elite and adding the HD player, but that's ridiculous, fuck this format war, I'm not buying another HD or BD disc, i'm out of this mess...]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Any one else feel like they just had their asses handed to them today???]]>Aug 20th 2007 11:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/ I bet "exclusive" just means something like a 90 day window and the movies will
> then be released on BD.

It's not a 90-day window. The Disney (BD) and Universal (HD-DVD) exclusivity deals were reportedly for two years. Presumably this deal will be for at least that long, if not longer.]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/ Could it be the Walmart rumors are true and Paramount is just getting out ahead of the curve because they know what is coming for Christmas?]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Been there, done that. Beta was far superior to VHS but guess which one was cheaper and ended up selling better in the end? ]]>Aug 20th 2007 11:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Is it the features Blu-Ray is capable of? NO as Blu-Ray is basically still in BETA and won't be finalized until October, where it will then have features HD DVD already supports, except a Ethernet port will still be a option. SO you could end up buying a player without one and can't download extra content! Plus anyone with a stand alone player now are out of luck. Need a NEW Blu-Ray player to play the new Blu-Ray disc's if you want to see the extra content, though you should be safe with the PS3. Oh I know, you like the Region Coding for Blu-Ray Movies! Not me, I like Region FREE that HD DVD has. That way I can buy these supposedly Blu-Ray only movies in HD DVD format from other countries without problem. That increases the number of HD DVD movies I can pick from much greater yet! Must be all the Studio Support Blu-Ray has then as I can't think of anything else. Oh wait, It's all Sony owned Studios now except for FOX that is Blu-Ray ONLY. Yet the HD DVD Camp now have far better and Larger HD DVD only support now.

I don't get it, what does Blu-Ray have that's just so much better? I fingered it out, SONY. That's what you have. No thanks. I don't like DRM infected CD's, and Fake Movie Critics, or Exploding Battery's, and really, the TV's these days, just not what they used to be. Now all your paying for is a NAME, with the better Quality from other company's these days. Hey, good luck with Blu-Ray, maybe it won't be another Betamax, MD Disc, UMD Disc, SACD, Memory Stick, etc...
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Looks like HDDVD got a temporary stay of execution :)]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 2:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Microsoft has it's way - HD on optical will never happen now. Here's hoping 1080p downloads show up on Live marketplace to compensate for this total screwing over of the market at large.]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
@ ATM94
Thanks for that tidbit. I always knew Universal and Paramount were, well, universal and paramount to HD DVD's survival (hee hee), but we all know that Warner has not so secretly been in favor of HD DVD despite being format neutral. Now, THEY become the one studio that can significantly swing this war in one direction depending on a simple announcement.

@ gamedude420
Yes, not having the FIRST THREE Star Wars movies on HD DVD is a sore spot, but this will hardly decide a winner in the format. NONE of Spielberg's or Lucas' movies (DIRECTED, not produced) have been released on either format thus far, but that hasn't prevented soaring sales on BOTH sides. This announcement will all but guarantee more HD DVD sales, but IMO, more people are looking forward to the LOTR trilogy in all its glory. Those films are epic and made to showcase high definition.

Sometimes, all it takes is one huge company to take a stand against another one trying to force a format on unsuspecting consumers. Oh yeah, Blockbuster can go jump in a lake. Bet they're feelin' kinda DUMB right now. Hooray for NetFlix for not being shortsighted and supporting BOTH formats!
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Actually, Toshiba is one of the largest laptop manufacturers in the world, and they're beginning to put their HD DVD drives in the them...

@hemmy: "Quite amusing considering Paramount titles were selling in greater numbers on blu-ray (as is typically the case with neutral releases at Warner),"

Not really that amusing. Let's look at '300.' Yes, it outsold HD DVD by roughly 2:1 margin (what was it, 180,000 vs 90,000?). Now how many of those 180,000 people were format neutral? I'd bet quite a few, based on the numerous posts I read here and elsewhere, saying, "I'm buying the BD version because it's a couple of dollars cheaper, I don't care that it has more features!" That means that if Warner were to be HD DVD exclusive, they still would've sold maybe 140,000 titles (impossible to predict for sure, but it seems like a reasonable estimate). Yes, that's less than 270,000, but the numbers are so small right now that it really doesn't make that big of a difference.

Now what IS amusing is the fact that the only place I can find that references this "$150M payout" is the blu-ray.com site. THAT'S funny (and something I would've expected to read here -- so I'm glad I didn't).
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http://www.myspace.com/scoobarama]]>Aug 20th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
No fanboyism here, just the facts.

http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=678]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Star Trek in all forms
Friday the 13th
Hunt for Red October, etc
Forest Gump
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan

And having said that, I'd much rather that ALL studios went neutral. I hate cartels, and hate to cheer for one.

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Fox and Paramount are co-production companies for Titanic... interesting.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th_Century_Fox_movies]]>Aug 20th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
I haven't seen a HD-DVD burner yet.]]>Aug 20th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Single adult males are prime buyers of PS3s and are the backbone of Blu-ray, and this can be reflected in the BD exclusive movie releases.

Families tend to be more cost-conscious (try raising 3 kids on a budget) and often can't just buy one of a thing. Kids have issues sharing. So they are larger buyers of HD DVDs, and this is again reflected in the movie release mix.]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
Toshiba hit sony with a hard right jab knocks Sony to the mate. The crowd screams GET UP SONY!!! GET UP!!!!. ]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
There will now be absolutely no winner in the format war. Universal and Paramount together are big enough to have a format all to their own. Universal alone couldn't carry it.

I was really hoping that at least someone would win as opposed to simply dragging the consumers over the coals for maximum profit.

]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Aug 20th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/Sony/BD relying on the PS3 is also short sighted, how many 6 year olds own a PS3?

So after this big announcment Paramount/Dreamworks mention "families" as being an important part of their decision (besides the $incentives$ I assume). Then I saw this quote:

Rob Moore, president of Paramount Worldwide Distribution, said market data shows that people who own gaming consoles buy fewer movies than those who invest in a high-definition player that only plays movies.

Dependence of PS3 coming back to bite BluRay?

Hey DAVE, HD DUD????

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I was really glad to see BG Season 1 is releasing on HD-DVD though! :)]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/I use both formats and to my eyes, HD-DVD generally looks better. Isn't that what it's about at the end of the day?
Things may improve as BR seem to have dropped the MPEG2 codec.....

Wonder what the BR Fanboys over at the Bits make of this news? Interesting to see how they report this news...Some sort of spin on it no doubt! ]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
I dont own either format myself, but having been cheering for hd-dvd ever since. multi format releases always look better on hd-dvd and theres just way more benifits to the consumer for hd-dvd. I dont understand why all the blu-ray supporters like blu-ray. Out of hundreds of differences between blu-ray and hd-dvd, the only advantage blu-ray seems to have is space, and thats hardly anything to choose a format over.]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/20/paramount-dreamworks-dropping-blu-ray-in-favor-of-hd-dvd-exclus/
@reddplague

Dude, I can't speak for Xyzzy but I don't have the need to "gloat" really. I am just glad that the consumers get to win this one. Again, $500+ for players that will not offer full features because the format was unfinished and completely unneccessary DRM was a bad thing. I am glad that you might be considering an HD DVD player as you will realize that there's absolutely no difference between the 2 in quality but you will get a much more flexible experience, less hassle, more features and you'll end up paying $149 if you have an XBox or $199-$250 if you look real for standalones.

The payoff speculations are simply BDA response to try to wash off a bit of this huge impact.

If you read Paramount's release it's very simple why they went HDDVD.

1. Cheaper production of discs on HD DVD
2. Incredibly efficient and smooth development along with great dev support from MS for iHD. Unlike BD-J who have caused many studios headaches and almost non-existant support. Just ask the producers of Dragon's Lair BD title. HD DVD iHD just works and it is supported by all players without any problems.
3. sub $200 players that will hit stores this holiday season making it a no brainer for anyone who wants to go hi-def without braking their budget]]>Aug 20th 2007 3:55PM