You Can’t Has HD-DVD
Author: AF Duncan
February 13th, 2008
You may have heard this already, but just in case: Netflix and Best Buy announced yesterday that they’re going to offer just Blu-Ray and start phasing out HD-DVD. Sorry HD-DVD, but it’s game over. You gave it a good shot.
Now bring on the HD download war! Ugh.
In a statement, Netflix (NFLX) said it based its decision on the fact that four of the six major studios are going give exclusive backing to Blu-ray, made by Sony (SNE). It plans to phase out its offering of HD-DVD disks, from Toshiba , by the end of the year.
The move by Netflix follows a similar move by rival Blockbuster (BBI), which announced its support of Blu-ray last summer.
Later Monday, Best Buy (BBY) said it would recommend Blu-ray hardware and software as the “preferred” format for high-definition. The company said its decision was made to address “consumer confusion.”
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2 Responses to “You Can’t Has HD-DVD”
February 14th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Boy did Paramount ever pick the wrong side…so what does that mean for them? They have to switch too if they want to get into Best Buy?
I knew it, Michael Bay was right the first time!
February 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am
This is going to be a really half-assed/half-informed answer, but from what I remember, there were rumors floating around that Paramount/Universal had some kind of legal “out” written into their deal with HD-DVD in case something like this happened. But that remains to be seen. Also, if I remember correctly, Paramount’s deal with HD-DVD was only for a year.