In the midst of what is looming as a next-generation, high-definition format war, Hollywood studios are starting to take sides between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD). The idea, according to some analysts, is that the studios may be attempting to tilt the momentum toward one format in order to avoid the possibility of both formats entering the market.
Today, Universal Pictures and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE), along with Warner Home Video (along with sister divisions New Line and HBO) and Paramount, announced they have chosen to adopt the HD-DVD high-definition format. The announcements were made through Toshiba Corp., the principal technology developer of HD-DVD, as well as separate statements from the studios.
Read the entire story over at the Video Store Magazine/Hive4media web site, and check out Toshiba's press release at the Toshiba Japan web site.
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