Wow... I posted a comment in the HDM release thread yesterday that said the opposite of this. According to a thread in AVS Forum (which has been locked since the Blu-Boys started picking fights), there's been several conferences or something, and Toshiba has been with WB at all of them, yet BD was nowhere to be seen... So the rumor is that WB is going HD DVD exclusive.
Someone asked yesterday why WB would release Polar Express now, instead of closer to Xmas, and going HD DVD exclusive (but already having the BD disks of that movie printed) would be one good reason to release the movie in October.
I just read the article -- and nowhere in there does WB even HINT that they're going BD exclusive... The closest you get is the following quote:
We can definitely talk Blu-ray, he said. We are committed to the format.
However, the way the article is written, that quote is attributed by David Berman because it's part of that paragraph. Looks like BD spin on the article's part.
I also really found this quote humorous: "There also were indications that the Blu-ray camp is done playing nice." No comment necessary there.
Reports are that Warner's BD contract expires October 31st, so we'll see.... I just find it really hard to believe that Paramount would've gone HD DVD without talking to WB and finding out their potential plans.
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Xyzzy @ Oct 30th 2007 8:37AM
Wow... I posted a comment in the HDM release thread yesterday that said the opposite of this. According to a thread in AVS Forum (which has been locked since the Blu-Boys started picking fights), there's been several conferences or something, and Toshiba has been with WB at all of them, yet BD was nowhere to be seen... So the rumor is that WB is going HD DVD exclusive.
Someone asked yesterday why WB would release Polar Express now, instead of closer to Xmas, and going HD DVD exclusive (but already having the BD disks of that movie printed) would be one good reason to release the movie in October.
I just read the article -- and nowhere in there does WB even HINT that they're going BD exclusive... The closest you get is the following quote:
We can definitely talk Blu-ray, he said. We are committed to the format.
However, the way the article is written, that quote is attributed by David Berman because it's part of that paragraph. Looks like BD spin on the article's part.
I also really found this quote humorous: "There also were indications that the Blu-ray camp is done playing nice." No comment necessary there.
Reports are that Warner's BD contract expires October 31st, so we'll see.... I just find it really hard to believe that Paramount would've gone HD DVD without talking to WB and finding out their potential plans.
JeffDM @ Oct 30th 2007 12:13PM
I'm kind of lost as to why Warner's position would make any difference to Paramount.
AG23 @ Oct 30th 2007 1:31PM
Also can be found at ...
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Warner/Warner_Mulls_Change_in_High-Def_Strategy/1123
Take it for what it's worth, but I believe it is pretty convincing that Warner will go exclusive to Blu-Ray sooner rather than later.