Universal - No New HD DVD Titles at CES

[gkarris]

Format war looks to be essentially over...

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Universal/CES_2008/CES:_All_Quiet_on_the_Universal_Front/1352

CES: All Quiet on the Universal Front
Wed Jan 09, 2008 at 01:12 PM ET
Tags: CES 2008, Universal (all tags)

Amidst mounting speculation that it is soon to shift alliances, Universal Studios has confirmed that it will not be making any new HD DVD title announcements at this year's CES.

Though previous years have seen a cavalcade of title announcements from HD DVD-supporting studios at CES, this year's deafening silence from Universal and Paramount/DreamWorks has only fueled speculation that one (or both) of the studios are plotting a move to format neutrality or perhaps even Blu-ray exclusivity.

While Universal is issuing a terse "no comment" in response to the persistent rumors, a studio spokesperson did confirm for us that they will not be making any new title announcements at this year's CES.

Paramount similarly declined to make any new title announcements at CES, but as we first reported Monday, the studio is shooting down reports that it plans to abandon the format

 

[Dimwhit]

More good news. Hopefully this format war will be completely over sometime this year and we can all move on.

 

[GSMiller]

Ugh, I am soooo sick of hearing about this. Like seriously, the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war will never be as significant as the VHS/Betamax or DVD/LD "wars." Hard drives will have taken over before either can reach the popularity of VHS or DVD.

 

[Luis]

I am happy about these news not necessarily because of Blu Ray winning, but because at last some choice will be made. The time for one format to finally win has come.