Paramount Movies to be Exclusive to HD-DVD (almost)
Towards the end of August, Paramount Pictures announced that it would drop support for the Blu-ray Disc format and exclusively support HD DVD. This includes DreamWorks animations as well (think Shrek The Third) .
Great news, I'm sure you'll agree! But there's a little more to it than that.
The announcement doesn't include movies directed by Steven Spielberg, but it does include movies with Spielberg's involvement - such as Transformers, which will be exclusive to HD DVD.
But almost immediately there were reports of Paramount being paid by the companies who want HD DVD to be a success, such as Toshiba and Microsoft. $150million was bandied around, but described as an "advertising incentive".
Whatever. We should now see some reall good HD blockbusters on HD DVD over the coming months - don't miss out!
Great news, I'm sure you'll agree! But there's a little more to it than that.
The announcement doesn't include movies directed by Steven Spielberg, but it does include movies with Spielberg's involvement - such as Transformers, which will be exclusive to HD DVD.
But almost immediately there were reports of Paramount being paid by the companies who want HD DVD to be a success, such as Toshiba and Microsoft. $150million was bandied around, but described as an "advertising incentive".
Whatever. We should now see some reall good HD blockbusters on HD DVD over the coming months - don't miss out!
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