Burbank (CA) - Ironically, Warner Bros now has one of the strongest HD DVD line-ups over the next few months, despite the fact that it has already announced an upcoming exclusive switch to Blu-ray.

Warner announced its intention to move away from HD DVD last month, but its decision won't go into effect until the end of May.  Until then, all the studio's high-def releases will come out on both formats.

Warner will not change its lasting HD DVD plans in light of the format-killing news that came out this month, with HD DVD creators Toshiba and Universal axing their commitment to the high-def platform.  The studio did not make an official comment about the news, but did reiterate its high-def plans for the near future.

As such, Warner is now one of two studios still with a notable slate of HD DVD movies coming out over the next few months.  Paramount, which owns Dreamworks, is the other.

However, by the time Warner nears an end to its HD DVD support, it may be difficult to actually find an HD DVD player, with Toshiba, the almost exclusive HD DVD hardware manufacturer, ending its ties to the format.

It's Dead and that's spelled DEAD.

Feb 21, 2008 04:54     

DEAD, no CPR will revive it!
barney report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

Nice to see some final support from distributors

Feb 21, 2008 08:39     

I think its great that some producers will still continue making some HD-DVD releases. Some people did buy into HD-DVD, and although the players are not being made anymore, its nice that people will still be able to at least make a small collection before the format dissapears, so they can continue using their players in the future. Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, it doesnt really matter to me.
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it's not reviving

Feb 22, 2008 09:16     

it's not reviving, it's fire sale. they had already purchased these HD DVD making machine, and there is still 1 million sucks out there with a player...so they will stamp as much junk out there to sell to them to make a few more dollar to get back the cost of the DVD making machines.
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