Paramount the only hold out formerly of the HD-DVD camp will be releasing its first Blu-Ray title next month. The first to be released are Bee Movie. Face/Off, and Next. Apparently, Blu-Ray owners really want Nicholas Cage movies before more important Paramount titles like Indiana Jones, or Taxi Driver. The last HD-DVD titles released by …
Citing higher purchasing costs, Netflix has announced that it will raise fees for those who rent Blu-Ray DVDs through the popular on-line rental website. In a first quarter earnings conference call yesterday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said, ‘because of the higher cost of Blu-ray and the consumer expectations around high-def content, we are planning on …
Early adopters beware, there has been a silent force standing by in the war between high-definition formats.
Best Buy, in an effort to ease the transition for HD DVD owners to Blu-Ray, are offering a $50 gift card to all customers who purchased one of the players that lost the high-def battle.
For those of you who refuse to believe HD-DVD is over, here’s more proof. Paramount will be releasing its last two HD-DVD titles, Into the Wild, and Things We Lost in the Fire. Paramount announced that it is currently in the process of developing its Blu-Ray release schedule.
It’s hard for me to admit this, as, I own an HD-DVD player and a few movies, but Toshiba made if official, “As a result of recent market developments, the company has decided to discontinue sales and marketing of HD DVD players. Accordingly, Toshiba will begin to cease shipments of its HD DVD products to …
As a self-confessed proponent of the HD-DVD format, it pains me to announce that Netflix has decided that it too will follow suit by phasing out HD-DVD titles. They no longer will be picking up new HD-DVD titles, and by the end of the year, drop them completely. Granted, I only paid $100 bucks for …