Paramount & DreamWorks Animation Choose HD DVD
Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc said on Monday they will release their DVD titles exclusively on HD DVD ahead of what they say could be the biggest holiday season ever for DVDs.
Paramount had sold titles in both the new high-definition formats — HD DVD and Blu-Ray — but settled exclusively on HD DVD after deciding that it offered better quality, lower-priced players and lower manufacturing costs, Kelley Avery, president of Paramount Home Entertainment, told Reuters. - Cananda
This is very surprising! It looked like Blu-ray was winning the format war. Blu-ray had Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century-Fox, Disney, and MGM. But with Parmanount and DreamWorks now siding with HD DVD, the war has taken a turn. Ultimately it hurts the consumers. I guess the best thing to do is to buy both players.