TheStar.com Spins Blu-Ray Nervously
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?The Toronto Star takes an early look at Blu-Ray. Even though they want to get jiggy with the new format, the format war ™ with HD-DVD makes them nervous.
“It’s far too early to pick a winner. Most pundits call it a fairly even race out of the gate.
HD DVD machines had a slight head start on Blu-ray hitting the market. And the HD DVD machines are certainly cheaper so far.But Blu-ray technology is the choice of more Hollywood studios including Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Disney and Lion’s Gate Films. That could play a major role in determining which technology attracts the largest library of movie titles — the lifeblood of any home entertainment system.
Consider the possibility, for example, of only being able to buy a high definition copy of Spiderman 3 in Blu-ray format. If you’ve got an HD DVD machine at home, you’re stuck buying a standard definition version of the blockbuster — hardly the point of owning a high definition player. Your snobby new eyeballs will barely be able to sit through it.”
Source: TheStar.com