Paramount and Dreamworks leave Blu-Ray behind

I like Blue Ray because the box is so pretty. I guess now I'll always live with the regret of never picking Blades of Glory on Blue Ray though.

Strangely Sony does a lot of promotional support for Paramount and MTV, et tu brute?

Dual players are not the answer, at least not for consumers. Why do we need the extra cost of a player than can play 2 competing formats? It offers no real benefit to the consumer.

90% of potential customers are just gonna wait for the smoke to clear and for 1 format to win (since they don't have a larger HDTV set to really take advantage of HD media.) By then players will be under $200, content might be cheaper as well, and maybe they'll finally start selling in decent quantity.

Sony PlayStations come with a Blueray player. :-) Most of the people I know wanting one buy the PS and get a game console in the bargain.

I personally hope neither win, this format war is really ridiculous. I actually read an article referring to a new format which uses holographic burning techniques to get data up to 300GB (like the cds with holograms on them), that's way better than both, and that's not even dual layer. I don't recall where that article was, otherwise I would post it. Maybe some of the other readers have seen it.

I think they both kinda stink. Before (DVD-R etc.) I could store my entire library on a disc. And loose it all to a scratch. Now (blu-ray/HD) I can store the entire library of congress on a disc and still loose it to a scratch. would love see something with increased durability (security). I guess it’s great that it’s the same size as a cd....but I rarely use CD’s anyways.

Thanks for the comments. I have a better understanding of the difference in the formats and greed. As usual the end user who should be driving this war is getting screwed. Until the war is over my HD will continue to be a Harley. RR

I personally will probably never use Blu Ray or HD DVD. I don't have an HD TV and just dont really see the point of all this "High Definition" stuff. The quality of my TV is good enough for me, and so long as movies are still available in DVD format, I'm fine. If DVDs go the way of VHS or cassettes, I'll just go with buying content from iTunes, and store it on my external HD. Then I'll just buy an AppleTV and I'm set.

Personally I hope a newer and better third format comes along and kills these two off before they get a chance to mature.

You're ALL WRONG!!

Porn baby! They are going to decide the battle.. Just like they did in the VHS and Beta battle. Sony is blowing (sorry) it again.

(Not the kiddies! Who's going to put a thousand dollar machine in the kids play room.. not I!)

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blu-ray all the way..

-they hold more
-data usage

it has advantages over HD-DVD.. why choose a less superior format other than money (which the cost will decrese either way eventually).

Viacom own Paramount AND Dreamworks. They are the same studio basically. Sony Pictures is a content competitor. This outcome is hard to understand? And really, does anyone not think the answer
is going to be most players that play both formats?

Dan