Paramount drops Blu-ray support !!!!!!

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=412&filter=rating30

do u really believe it ?

This sucks if it's true :( but, I got the ps3 for gaming, bluray is just a really awsome add-on in my opinion.. :)

Idiots, they should go neutral.

lolthis didnt make sense at all....

i want to know what paramount was thinking someone was probably drunk....

Not to bothered really.

First off i bought a ps3 for gaming, but i enjoy the blu-ray player and it saved me allot of money as i would have bought one.

But i have both for the same reason i have both 360 and ps3 as to enjoy all the best games you need both, i have a ps3 and hd-dvd add-on for 360 as to enjoy all the great hd movies you need both untill one format fails and is discontinued.

But really it makes little sense to drop blu-ray as it is/was out selling hd-dvd(i dont keep up with who's winning).

How long do you think it will take for someone to post "microsoft paid them to drop blu-ray" theres always a crazy consipicary in gaming these days in some peoples minds not mine.

You should. Blu-Ray movies may matter to you, but the technology does. The reason PS3 has it is because sony is trying to future proof it and if other studios start to follow paramount then... dum,dum,dummmm. farewell blu-ray, we hardly knew ya.yanwasp

oh, diden't think of it that way.. well.. atleast we still have disney?... don't we? :|

WOW - this battle of the next gen DVD format just turned into an all out WAR!!!

Here is what I'm wondering now...

Since BlockBuster Video a month or so ago announced that they were only going to rent and sell BluRay discs and would not support HD-DVD...

Does that mean that BlockBuster Video will no longer carry Paramount or DreamWorks pictures in the next gen?

LOL - this is crazy. In the PC market althought they're expensive there are DVD-ROM drives that will read both BluRAY and HD-DVD formats...

They need to focus on getting those combo drives into consoles and getting them to mass market stand alone players - as now that companies are picking sides so adamently this is turning into a real mess.

I say we boycott Paramount.Theibault

That should be easy. The PS3 no longer will play their movies anyway. :)

"The deal covers all of Paramount's properties excluding those directed by Steven Spielberg. "

So transformers will be in blu-ray???? it's a Spielberg movie....

Hopefully this will blow up in Paramounts face, now I know alot of people purchased their PS3's for gaming which I did as well however the Bluray player is an added bonus and we should support it as much as possible. I personally will not purchase any paramount properties until this deal is dead. It will suck not seeing Transformers but I guess I'll have to catch it on cable when if finally comes out. The ones hurt by this move which Paramount obviously do not care about are the consumers...ajthelegend

Spielberg movies are not touched by this deal so we WILL be viewing transformers in glorious HD

[QUOTE="ajthelegend"]Hopefully this will blow up in Paramounts face, now I know alot of people purchased their PS3's for gaming which I did as well however the Bluray player is an added bonus and we should support it as much as possible. I personally will not purchase any paramount properties until this deal is dead. It will suck not seeing Transformers but I guess I'll have to catch it on cable when if finally comes out. The ones hurt by this move which Paramount obviously do not care about are the consumers...Miguel16

Spielberg movies are not touched by this deal so we WILL be viewing transformers in glorious HD

thank goodness!!! The transformers movie was way better than SPider-man 3lol

[QUOTE="ajthelegend"]Hopefully this will blow up in Paramounts face, now I know alot of people purchased their PS3's for gaming which I did as well however the Bluray player is an added bonus and we should support it as much as possible. I personally will not purchase any paramount properties until this deal is dead. It will suck not seeing Transformers but I guess I'll have to catch it on cable when if finally comes out. The ones hurt by this move which Paramount obviously do not care about are the consumers...Miguel16

Spielberg movies are not touched by this deal so we WILL be viewing transformers in glorious HD

actually guys I have bad news, Transformer is included, I checked out the actual press release here

http://www.viacom.com/NEWS/NewsText.aspx?RID=1042073

You should. Blu-Ray movies may matter to you, but the technology does. The reason PS3 has it is because sony is trying to future proof it and if other studios start to follow paramount then... dum,dum,dummmm. farewell blu-ray, we hardly knew ya.yanwasp

they went because they were paid why would they leave the lead format wich is blu ray

Microsoft are d.icks they knew they were gunna lose the format war to Blu-Ray so they try to use their money to buy themselves support. Fuk them.

Fan_of_Gaming

"The companies each said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs."

What a load of **** The reason they did it is the $150 million Microsoft gave them.

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From what I understand the deal covers "all of Paramount's properties excluding those directed by Steven Spielberg." Now correct me if I'm wrong but Spielberg did not direct Transformers he produced it correct??? If thats the case we may not be seeing Transformers on the Blu....ajthelegend

I just posted the link check it out for yourself.

BTW Speilberg Produced the movie, Micheal Bay directed it.

Cash rules everything. Damn no transformers? DAMN!!

Oh well, guess il be using my 1080p upscaling dvd player

Look

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d/105-9727215-7498846?initialSearch=1&url=

As you can seen the transformers movie is listed in blu ray and hd dvd. Let s hope that stays this way...

It doesn't make any sense why they would drop support now for $150 mill, when blu-ray is clearly winning. I don't understand why they wouldn't sell both when they could easily make a profit on both.Jakster4u

Paramount wasn't one of the original BD supporters anyways (looking at the site)

so I wouldn't expect any less. I think they are looking at HDDVD prices and players for theholiday season and believe HDDVD will pull up on top. The PS3 is a perfectly good BD player, so even it doesn't beat hddvd it won't go away.

We keep getting good news supporting BD and now we got the hddvd end of the stick this time, oh well.

"The companies each said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs."

What a load of **** The reason they did it is the $150 million Microsoft gave them.

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Fan_of_Gaming

Actually you all...

While I want BluRay to remain available as I own a player (via PS3) according to market analysts and market watch sites - HD-DVD is actually outselling BluRay 2 to 1. The deal is that BluRay is the better technology - but HD-DVD stand alone players are MUCH less expensive making them an easier sell to the less tech saavy consumer. Same thing happened with VHS and BETA - and BETA was the superior technology.

In fact I read an article on AVSForum (one of the industries leading sources for sciense and technology information) that Walmart signed a contract a couple weeks ago for over a million units of an HD-DVD player that they were getting for $30 each. They are planning on retailing these for just shy of $100. That will really hurt BluRay unless a very inexpensive solution hits the market VERY soon.

Yet on the otherside you have the BlockBuster contract - though I now suspect they will break their BluRay exclusivity. I mean BlockBuster isn't going to not rent Paramount or Dreamworks movies - even if they have to reneg on their previous announcement and start carrying HD-DVD, they can't afford to not carry those studios movies.

ALL in ALL - like I said this is a complete mess and the only thing that's for sure is the consumer is going to get screwed one way or another. Hopefully they agree on a format standard or multi-read player soon.

Look

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d/105-9727215-7498846?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=Transformers+hd&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

As you can seen the transformers movie is listed in blu ray and hd dvd. Let s hope that stays this way...

Dagnelli

I especially like that it shows the Blu-Ray version as 5 stars while the HD-DVD version as 4 stars. So basically Paramount is only gunnasell their crappier movies. LMAO

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[QUOTE="Fan_of_Gaming"]

"The companies each said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs."

What a load of **** The reason they did it is the $150 million Microsoft gave them.

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DataDream

Actually you all...

While I want BluRay to remain available as I own a player (via PS3) according to market analysts and market watch sites - HD-DVD is actually outselling BluRay 2 to 1. The deal is that BluRay is the better technology - but HD-DVD stand alone players are MUCH less expensive making them an easier sell to the less tech saavy consumer. Same thing happened with VHS and BETA - and BETA was the superior technology.

In fact I read an article on AVSForum (one of the industries leading sources for sciense and technology information) that Walmart signed a contract a couple weeks ago for over a million units of an HD-DVD player that they were getting for $30 each. They are planning on retailing thes for just shy of $100. That will really hurt BluRay unless a very innexpensive solution hits the market VERY soon.

Yet on the otherside you have the BlockBuster contract - though I now suspect they will break their BluRay exclusivity. I mean BlockBuster isn't going to not rent Paramount or Dreamworks movies - even if they have to reneg on their previous announcement and start carrying HD-DVD, they can't affors to not carry those studios movies.

ALL in ALL - like I said this is a complete mess and the only thing that's for sure is the consumer is going to get screwed one way or another. Hopefully they agree on a format standard or multi-read player soon.

if that is truth i will seriously consider picking up one of those hddvd players. 100 bucks? damn!

[QUOTE="Fan_of_Gaming"]

"The companies each said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs."

What a load of **** The reason they did it is the $150 million Microsoft gave them.

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DataDream

Actually you all...

While I want BluRay to remain available as I own a player (via PS3) according to market analysts and market watch sites - HD-DVD is actually outselling BluRay 2 to 1. The deal is that BluRay is the better technology - but HD-DVD stand alone players are MUCH less expensive making them an easier sell to the less tech saavy consumer. Same thing happened with VHS and BETA - and BETA was the superior technology.

In fact I read an article on AVSForum (one of the industries leading sources for sciense and technology information) that Walmart signed a contract a couple weeks ago for over a million units of an HD-DVD player that they were getting for $30 each. They are planning on retailing these for just shy of $100. That will really hurt BluRay unless a very inexpensive solution hits the market VERY soon.

Yet on the otherside you have the BlockBuster contract - though I now suspect they will break their BluRay exclusivity. I mean BlockBuster isn't going to not rent Paramount or Dreamworks movies - even if they have to reneg on their previous announcement and start carrying HD-DVD, they can't afford to not carry those studios movies.

ALL in ALL - like I said this is a complete mess and the only thing that's for sure is the consumer is going to get screwed one way or another. Hopefully they agree on a format standard or multi-read player soon.

whoa whoa buddy if you wanna be exacting

HDDVD PLAYERS are OUTSELLING BD PLAYERS 2:1 however if you put in PS3's as a BD player BD outsells HDDVD 2:1.

[QUOTE="DataDream"][QUOTE="Fan_of_Gaming"]

"The companies each said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs."

What a load of **** The reason they did it is the $150 million Microsoft gave them.

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RahKayne

Actually you all...

While I want BluRay to remain available as I own a player (via PS3) according to market analysts and market watch sites - HD-DVD is actually outselling BluRay 2 to 1. The deal is that BluRay is the better technology - but HD-DVD stand alone players are MUCH less expensive making them an easier sell to the less tech saavy consumer. Same thing happened with VHS and BETA - and BETA was the superior technology.

In fact I read an article on AVSForum (one of the industries leading sources for sciense and technology information) that Walmart signed a contract a couple weeks ago for over a million units of an HD-DVD player that they were getting for $30 each. They are planning on retailing these for just shy of $100. That will really hurt BluRay unless a very inexpensive solution hits the market VERY soon.

Yet on the otherside you have the BlockBuster contract - though I now suspect they will break their BluRay exclusivity. I mean BlockBuster isn't going to not rent Paramount or Dreamworks movies - even if they have to reneg on their previous announcement and start carrying HD-DVD, they can't afford to not carry those studios movies.

ALL in ALL - like I said this is a complete mess and the only thing that's for sure is the consumer is going to get screwed one way or another. Hopefully they agree on a format standard or multi-read player soon.

whoa whoa buddy if you wanna be exacting

HDDVD PLAYERS are OUTSELLING BD PLAYERS 2:1 however if you put in PS3's as a BD player BD outsells HDDVD 2:1.

whatever i got a ps3 for games, the soonersony realizes that nobody buys the ps3 for anything other than gaming the better XDddskater828

I bought my PS3 because it's a BluRay player that plays my PS2 games, since my PS2 is on its last legs. The upscaling in the 360 also sucks. So yeah, people DO buy the PS3 for anything other than gaming. The only PS3 game I own is Ninja Gaiden Sigma, which I coincidentally already had on Xbox in a sense.

The news is a bummer. Nonetheless, BluRay still has the bulk of the industry behind it, the prices drop a bit more every day, and the quality is more or less the same as HDDVD. I think BluRay will come out on top.