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Shocking - this sounds like the real deal as well. I have to say I'm disappointed as Warner have produced many excellent HD DVDs, a lot of which have yet to appear on Blu-ray.
Still, as long as they keep releasing their US BD titles without region coding I'm not too bothered.
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04-01-2008, 8:57 PM
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Wow ! Didn't expect that to happen so soon.
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The most important thing is that the format war can now come to an end but I sympathise with HD-DVD supporters.
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04-01-2008, 8:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaun666  Wow ! Didn't expect that to happen so soon. | And for them to pick the wrong side too 
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Yeh its on a well known site
Warner has announced that they will be switching to support Blu-ray exclusively. Warner has been supporting both formats since they were launched, but recent talk from top executives suggested that Warner couldn't continue down that road much longer, and that the all important holiday sales would help them make a decision. With Blu-ray winning every week in high definition sales this year, Warner has decided that The Future is Blu.
"The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers," Warner Bros Chairman and Chief Executive Barry Meyer said in a statement.
Its all over folks!
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Originally Posted by chelsea.tone Its all over folks! | With Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks still HD DVD exclusive? I doubt it. A significant blow for HD DVD though - and for home cinema fans as we will now have PCM soundtracks versus TrueHD  | |
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Great news
THE hd market can really grow, hardware will improve also, and hopefully pricing will shrink all due to more people joining (because of less confusion)
with warner supplying 20% of the US dvd's last year, surely its now only a question of time before hd-dvd disappears
also less likely that LOTR will be hd-dvd only whenever its released
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I'm sure there are get-out clauses in the event that Toshiba themselves decide to call it a day.
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04-01-2008, 9:03 PM
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I bet the "flame war" bulbs are flashing and the alarms are shrieking in the homes of AVforums Mods the world over. 
Good news though.  There's a few films I can look forward to now
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Originally Posted by Rasczak With Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks still HD DVD exclusive? I doubt it. A significant blow for HD DVD though - and for home cinema fans as we will now have PCM soundtracks versus TrueHD | Indeed. A huge blow but still not the end.
Maybe Disney or Fox will leave the dark side and join the Rebel forces at the upcoming CES 
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Its all over folks!
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Originally Posted by domtheone Indeed. A huge blow but still not the end.
Maybe Disney or Fox will leave the dark side and join the Rebel forces at the upcoming CES | Anyone with Microsoft in their camp can hardly be considered "rebel" forces can they? 
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