Toshiba clinging on

With the news that Warner Brothers are going Blu Ray Exclusive, Toshiba are taking their time to come back with their assesment. However, there are also reumours going around that Microsoft is about to license the Xbox 360 architecture to external companies, such as Toshiba.

A Toshiba produced Xbox 360 with built-in HD DVD drive may change the landscape once more...

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!