Despite the fact that Sony’s PR machine (and Sony fanboys as well) would have you believe Blu-Ray is the winner in of the current format war – HD-DVD is still alive and kicking. Today, HD-DVD delivered a hard left jab to the face of Blu-Ray with the announcement that Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation (who use Paramount for home video distribution) have gone exclusively HD-DVD.
The deal not only includes Paramount and Dreamworks Animation, but also Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies, and MTV Films. This is a very big announcement – particularly for Forever Geek readers. It’s no surprise to anyone reading this blog that we’re pretty big Transformers fans around here…and the this deal is starting with “Blades of Glory” (featuring Jenna Fisher looking like THIS – in hi-def) , “Transformers”, and “Shrek the Third”.
Since this is Paramount it also means that when Star Trek comes to an HD format – it’s going to be HD-DVD. According to recent reports Battlestar Galactica is likely to be HD-DVD only as well.
Now – I’ll be damned if I’m missing Transformers in HD – and I’ll be damned again if I’m missing Star Trek in HD – so my decision has officially been made for me.
I’m all HD-DVD. I think I’ll go order that Xbox360 add-on.
via Engadget
[...] isn’t a part of a high-end model. And if you add that to the recent announcement about the exclusivity some companies are giving HD-DVD, right now the format is fighting back very [...]
This sucks… all I have to say.
err…
so you’re switching from Blu to HD because of a movie and a TV series?
The major factor that swings me towards to HD-DVD camp is it’s lack of region coding. Blu Ray has new region coding (on some discs) that locks those of us in the UK out of Asian and USA releases as they are both Region A.
The other thing is that HD-DVD also does Combo discs (two seperate discs in same box would be better) so my family can watch the SD movie on normal DVD players.
And the Heroes HD-DVD box set. ;)
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um…no, I’m picking HD-DVD because they now have more compelling content to me than Blu-Ray.
Plus, I personally think when Wal-Mart sells a gazillion HD-DVD players his Christmas, that Blu-Ray is going to be trying very hard to play catch up.
[...] HD-DVD gaining traction with exclusive content deals including some of my favorite franchises like Transformers and Star Trek, and Wal-Mart having sub $200 HD-DVD players in time for Christmas, I think [...]