excellente nouvelle, je vais pouvoir bien dormir. Le sort du hd dvd semble scellé (il l´aurait été définitivement si paramount n´avait pas rejoint le hd dvd).
nouveau lien :
http://www.maxconsole.netet/?mode=news&newsid=24011
"That´s all for HD-DVD Folks - Warner Bros goes to Blu-ray exclusive
Warner Bros has today announced that it will exclusively release high definition content on the Blu-ray medium and will avoid publishing content on the rival HD DVD format. Warner Bros represents about 20 percent of DVD sales in the US market and believe that the it´s about time all the confusion ended and they just settled for being exclusive on Blu-ray.
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Time Warner Inc´s (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Warner Bros studio on Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs in Sony Corp´s (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Blu-ray format, dealing a big blow to Toshiba Corp´s (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) rival HD DVD technology.
Warner Bros, Hollywood´s biggest seller of DVDs, representing about 18 to 20 percent of sales in the United States, was one of the few studios that backed both formats.
All sides of the format war had agreed it was confusing to consumers and a stumbling block for a potential multibillion-dollar industry.
Total DVD unit sales fell 4.5 percent in 2007, the first major year-over-year decline since the disc format debuted in 1997, according to Adams Media Research. Sales fell 4.8 percent to $15.7 billion.
"The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers," Warner Bros Chairman and Chief Executive Barry Meyer said in a statement."