Paramount to drop its support of HD DVD?
01-08-08, 09:55 PM
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Paramount to drop its support of HD DVD?
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-b...nclick_check=1
Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
01-08-08, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by lvnloud
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc409afa-b...nclick_check=1
Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, is understood to have a clause in its contract with the HD DVD camp that would allow it to switch sides in the event of Warner Bros backing Blu-ray, according to people familiar with the situation.
and here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=521980
01-08-08, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowlt4
discussed here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....d.php?t=521959
and here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=521980
and here: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=521980
In before the lock.
01-08-08, 10:34 PM
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What is this news? This is the first I am hearing of it....
in the past 2 minutes
in the past 2 minutes
01-08-08, 10:37 PM
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And Paramount has come out yet again and denied all of these rumors.
Plus I feel it's important to note that Paramount is saying that they will "continue to support HD" not that they won't go back to being format neutral.
01-08-08, 11:05 PM
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Things like this always get me. If Paramount says nothing, they are "being silent on the issue." If they issue a denial, "Warner denied they would go BD exclusive." Short of taking a collective shit on the exposed innards of a PS3 (or A35), there is nothing Paramount can do that will convince people one way or the other - so why speculate with the same tired nonsense over and over...and over?
