BOOST FOR BLU-RAY! Warner Bros Will Release Exclusively In That Format

**penguinz** · 01-04-2008, 05:16 PM

(January 4, 2008 – Burbank, CA) – In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group.

“Warner Bros.’ move to exclusively release in the Blu-ray disc format is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want,” said Meyer. “The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers.”

Warner Home Video will continue to release its titles in standard DVD format and Blu-ray. After a short window following their standard DVD and Blu-ray releases, all new titles will continue to be released in HD DVD until the end of May 2008.

“Warner Bros. has produced in both high-definition formats in an effort to provide consumer choice, foster mainstream adoption and drive down hardware prices,” said Jeff Bewkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Inc., the parent company of Warner Bros. Entertainment. “Today’s decision by Warner Bros. to distribute in a single format comes at the right time and is the best decision both for consumers and Time Warner.”

“A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry,” said Tsujihara. “Consumers have clearly chosen Blu-ray, and we believe that recognizing this preference is the right step in making this great home entertainment experience accessible to the widest possible audience. Warner Bros. has worked very closely with the Toshiba Corporation in promoting high definition media and we have enormous respect for their efforts. We look forward to working with them on other projects in the future.”

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.co...n-that-format/

jidar · 01-04-2008, 05:42 PM

*sigh*
I've really preferred HD-DVD due to the cheaper prices, but either way I wish they would get it over with.

CoMoChief · 01-04-2008, 05:43 PM

god damnit

Silock · 01-04-2008, 05:46 PM

Hybrid HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players are the only way this is going to get settled.

Extra Point · 01-04-2008, 05:46 PM

Insert crummy BetaMax reference here.

L.A. Chieffan · 01-04-2008, 05:53 PM

Is there a technical advantage either way as far as specs are concerned?

jiveturkey · 01-04-2008, 06:04 PM

I continue to wait for a winner.

Deberg_1990 · 01-04-2008, 06:06 PM

Isnt Paramount already a Blue Ray exclusive as well?

**OnTheWarpath15** · 01-04-2008, 06:07 PM

Warner Brothers: You chose....poorly.

unlurking · 01-04-2008, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

Is there a technical advantage either way as far as specs are concerned?

I haven't read up on it in a long time, but if I remember right, Blu-Ray was supposed to have a higher data storage rate per disc. Unfortunately it is also more expensive.

Just go to local stores and look at the available selection for both formats though. Every where I've been, Blu-Ray has about 5 times the content of HD-DVD. Got the PS3 myself.

unlurking · 01-04-2008, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Romo_2007

Isnt Paramount already a Blue Ray exclusive as well?

It seems like each one flip flops every 6 months.

Deberg_1990 · 01-04-2008, 06:25 PM

By the time these two quit dicking around and a winner emerges, it might be too late to mean anything.

I think we are in the waning days of physical media.

bowener · 01-04-2008, 06:25 PM

Blu-ray uses a blue laser to read and encode data, which is a smaller wave length than its red headed step brother. So in short the blu ray holds near 50-55 GB per disc (dual layer), but it can have multilayers, so in the future the discs can hold up to 200GB possibly. HD DVD holds up to 30GB on dual layer, not sure if they can have more layers per disc than that. I know about the blu-ray because I want to buy a PS3 when I can afford the damn thing, so I researched it and realized that a year or 2 from now the games on PS3 will blow 360 away due to the amount of data that can be stored on it.

ceebz · 01-04-2008, 06:26 PM

Add this announcement to Blu's dominance over the holidays and this format "war" is all but over.

WhitiE · 01-04-2008, 06:32 PM

both formats use the blue laser. blu ray is going to win because it has more film and hardware companys backing it.

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