Warner has announced support for BluRay and HD-DVD

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Well, its looking worse for HD-DVD everyday. Warner has now announced support for both formats. I guess everyone now believes that HD DVD is not the only way to go. Sony may pull this one off.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005105_6128_tc024.htm

[twochannelsonly]

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I'm trying my best to crap my own format here.

[csukasem]

Well, its looking worse for HD-DVD everyday. Warner has now announced support for both formats. I guess everyone now believes that HD DVD is not the only way to go. Sony may pull this one off.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005105_6128_tc024.htm

Hi,

Thanks for your information.

Sukasem

[robert393]

This is going to get ugly(ier). I read that Blu-Ray is guaranteeing a release date, but what is that date?
Robert

[Smokey]

The last I read Blu-ray's launch was planned for February with PS3 in May... HD-DVD's launch is expected in March.

[csukasem]

The last I read Blu-ray's launch was planned for February with PS3 in May... HD-DVD's launch is expected in March.

Hi,

Great news. Any lists of the movies to be launched for BR and HD DVD ?

Sukasem

[Smokey]

Not sure of Blu-ray, but at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it was announced that more than 85 titles will be released on HD-DVD before year's end, including "Batman Begins", "Braveheart", and the Harry Potter series.

Universal:
The Bourne Supremacy
The Chronicles of Riddick
Van Helsing
Apollo 13
U-571
12 Monkeys
Dune
The Thing
End of Days
Backdraft
Waterworld
The Bone Collector
Spy Game
Pitch Black
Conan the Barbarian
Dante's Peak

Warner Bros., New Line and HBO:
Above the Law
Alexander
Angels in America
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Batman Begins
Blade
Catwoman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Constantine
Contact
Dark City
The Dukes of Hazzard
Eraser
Executive Decision
Final Destination
Friday
From the Earth to the Moon
The Fugitive
Gothika
Hard to Kill
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
House of Was (2005)
The Last Samurai
The Mask
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Maverick
Million Dollar Baby
The Music Man
Mystic River
Next of Kin
North by Northwest
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve
Passenger 57
The Perfect Storm
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Player
The Polar Express
Red Planet
Rush Hour
Se7en
Soldier
The Sopranos
Spawn
Swordfish
Troy
Under Siege
U.S. Marshals
Wild Wild West

Paramount:
The Manchurian Candidate
Spongebob Squarepants
Elizabethtown
Coach Carter
The Italian Job (2004)
School of Rock
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
Ghost
Grease
Mission Impossible 2
Black Rain
Save the Last Dance
Sleepy Hollow
U2 Rattle & Hum
Vanilla Sky
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Star Trek: First Contact
We Were Soldiers

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I am willing to bet that you will see only half of those titles upon release. I think HD DVD has completely lost its momentum. Now that all the movie studio's but one has announce that it will support both formats, there really is no advantage to supporting HD DVD with its maximum storage capacity less than half of Bluray's.