The war between Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's HD DVD may very well be over. Warner Bros., which is the biggest seller of DVDs, said that it would continue to release movies on Toshiba's HD DVD format only through May after that they will work exclusively with Sony. Upon hearing this news, the HD DVD promotional group canceled their scheduled CED press conference. Which in my opinion says a lot about how big this deal is.
Blu-ray has previously enjoyed the support of 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, and New Line, among other studios. Warner Bros. is a huge addition to an alright impressive line up. It will be interesting to see if any of the other studios will make the jump from HD DVD to Blu-ray.
Warner Bros. announcement is great news for Playstation 3. Since the Playstation 3 has a Blu-ray player built-in, this will likely mean more sells.
Although Toshiba recently announced they were cutting the price of its HD DVD player in half, I didn't think it will do much to change the tide of this format war.
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