With Warner Bros and New Line officially going Blu-Ray in May, it appears the Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD might be over. The lynch pin is Paramount who last year went exclusive to HD-DVD (to Bay's disappointment). Rumors are now circulating that Paramount is planning to invoke a clause in their contract and jump ship to Blu-Ray. However, Paramount themselves have debunked the rumor "Current plan is to support the HD DVD format." So no rejoicing for those PS3 owners out there. For now Paramount and Universal remain in the HD-DVD camp so the format wars are not yet decided. I say this mainly because hardware for HD-DVD are not below the $200 level, Blu-Ray remains at $400 and a ton of HD-DVD went on sale in the low $100s and below for the holidays. If that translates into disc sales then it could lead to studios jumping to HD-DVD because at the end of the day they are going to follow the money. Any case my plan is to sit on the sidelines and wait it out as I don't have an HD television anyway so neither format does me any good.(source)
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