Direct-to-DVD Releases Shed Their Loser Label
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Once a dumping ground for movies considered virtually unwatchable, the direct-to-DVD pipeline is becoming increasingly important to mainstream film franchises.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment said yesterday that it will release high-definition movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, rejecting the rival HD DVD format and creating another complication for consumers.
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Will the competing next-generation optical disc standards ever meet in the same device? Not for now, it seems.
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Several movie studios choose a side in the battle of DVD formats.
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Warner Brothers, the only studio to back both high-definition video disk formats, now will only publish movies in Blu-ray. Some say this shift will quickly kill the competing HD DVD format.
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HD DVD has recently faced some head wind in its struggle to become the high-definition successor to the DVD, but its supporters are playing an ace from their sleeve with the arrival of the first discs that take advantage of its players' built-in Internet connections.
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The Audiophiliac ponders the imminent demise of HD DVD, and looks back over a long history of defunct formats.
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No We surrender Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD "following recent major changes in the market", spinning the failure of its favourite format as a move made to strengthen the industry.â¦
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If you don't mind buying into a format that has no future, you can finally get your high-def movie groove on for under $100.
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Hollywood is hoping high-definition   DVDs will reignite a slowing market for movies at home, but   they have drawn mixed reviews from retailers and analysts due   to technical issues and a bitter format war.
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Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.
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Low-budget movies that were once readily sold to foreign film distributors have fallen victim to a push for more star-studded offerings.
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Warner Bros., the only major movie studio to release titles on both of the rival high-definition video disc formats, has decided to drop HD DVD and exclusively back Blu-ray Disc, it said Friday.
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Blu-ray takes the lead in the battle of the high definition DVD formats after Warner backs it.
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Rewriteable version of the next-gen DVD format moves closer to mass production.
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Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs.
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The end of the high-definition disc war seems in sight, say industry observers, with major studio Warner Bros. jumping to the Blu-ray Disc camp and leaving the competing HD DVD format with a dwindling base of Hollywood support. But ahead lies the real uphill battle: selling high-definition discs - in any format - to consumers who appear more than satisfied with the DVDs they've already bought over the past few years.