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The Financial Times reported Tuesday that Paramount is poised to drop HD-DVD support. This deals a deathblow to HD-DVD and pretty much assures Blu-Ray has Hi-Definition DVD’s future. However, Paramount denies this article, saying that it will continue to stick with HD-DVD.
Regardless, Paramount and DreamWorks Animation extended their support to HD DVD last summer, joining Universal Studios as HD-DVD’s main backers. However, there appears to be a clause in their HD-DVD conttract allowing them to support Blu-Ray in the event that Warner Bros. does so.
Paramount’s possible switch means that more than 85% of movies will be released only on Blu-Ray, in essence a death toll for HD-DVD.
The new Mac Pros were widely expected to have Blu-Ray drives as a build to order option. That is not as of now an option, though it may be added on later in the year, or perhaps waiting in the wings for MacWorld.
Read [Financial Times] via [AppleInsider]
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