Warner to go Blu-ray only for HD DVD

[RB TexLa]

LOS ANGELES (AP) Warner Bros. Entertainment says it will release high-definition DVDs exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format.



NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's (TWX.N) Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp's (6758.T) Blu-ray format, dealing a big blow to Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) rival HD DVD technology.

Warner Bros, Hollywood's biggest seller of DVDs, representing about 18 to 20 percent of sales in the United States, was one of the few studios that backed both formats.

All sides of the format war had agreed it was confusing to consumers and a stumbling block for a potential multibillion-dollar industry.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080104/tc_nm/warner_sony_dc_4

[Tesha]

1. Good! Format wars are awful and Blue-Ray is clearly the superior technology. (NT)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. The article's not exactly helping the confusion.

Because the alternative format to Blu-ray is HD-DVDs, right?

[mvccd1000]

3. Lousy headline, good decision.

I really don't care which of the formats wins, as long as one of them does so we can get on with buying a player.