02-20-2008, 12:18 AM
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Too lazy to set a custom title
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The high-definition format war is suddenly over. Blu-ray won.
Full article -- http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Worl...9/4859542.html
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"Toshiba was the sole manufacturer of the incompatible HD DVD machines and, yesterday, the company gave up and surrendered. Toshiba had no choice, especially after North American retailers started siding exclusively with Blu-ray ? the machines and movies ? in recent weeks, announcing plans to stop stocking the rival format."
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This part I found particularly interesting...
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"Critically, only two of the major Hollywood studios ? Universal plus Paramount and its DreamWorks division ? have been releasing exclusively in HD DVD. Both studios are doomed in the high-def business if they do not capitulate and quickly switch. Both are expected to do so, although both studios refused to comment to Sun Media this week.
Warner Bros., which also supported both formats, announced in January it was dumping HD DVD and going Blu-ray exclusive by May.
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War is over! |
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