I'm going to start with a slight digression as background to this article.
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a trade-only show and is not open to the general public. At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced.
The 2008 CES started today, and a battle of the current format war (Blu-ray vs. HD DVD) is being waged in this year's show. One Studio, Warner Bros. currently produces their movies in both formats. Warner Bros said on Friday that it would abandon the competing HD DVD format in May and distribute all film and television discs in standard DVD or Blu-ray.
Now, only two major U.S. studios support HD DVD: Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures, which also owns DreamWorks SKG, and Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.
Intel, Lenovo and Toshiba are in the HD DVD camp. Microsoft also has a bit invested in the HD DVD format, selling an add-on player to its XBox video game system that is HD DVD.
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a trade-only show and is not open to the general public. At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced.
The 2008 CES started today, and a battle of the current format war (Blu-ray vs. HD DVD) is being waged in this year's show. One Studio, Warner Bros. currently produces their movies in both formats. Warner Bros said on Friday that it would abandon the competing HD DVD format in May and distribute all film and television discs in standard DVD or Blu-ray.
Now, only two major U.S. studios support HD DVD: Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures, which also owns DreamWorks SKG, and Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.
Intel, Lenovo and Toshiba are in the HD DVD camp. Microsoft also has a bit invested in the HD DVD format, selling an add-on player to its XBox video game system that is HD DVD.
This is a pretty big deal and tips the scales to Blu-ray. Sony, HP, Dell computer and Sun Microsystems and all the other studios are in the Blu-ray camp.
That whoosing sound you hear is a Blu-ray disc whizzing past an HD DVD.
Warner Brothers sides with Blu-ray
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