Rumor: Influential HD-DVD studio, Universal, going neutral - now denied, see post #22 (1 Viewer)

[ppltd]

Bottom line is all of these studios are struggling to get there act together producing disks in formats that are beginning to look like they hit the market before the formats were ready for prime time.

 

[compson]

Denied by Universal as "totally false". See engadgethd site

 

[Phil Iturralde]

Phil

 

[Jason Harbaugh]

Sorry but that is just spin. While HD DVD has had better weeks in April in relation to their own weeks throughout the rest of the year, they still have been outsold every single week by BD. That is why the since inception percentage (as I was referring to in my previous post) continue to stay and grow in BD's favor.

But the numbers haven't shifted in HD DVD's favor, they only were not as bad as they had been for months, mostly because of new releases finally coming out. But as we have seen from the past 16 weeks is that each week is different based on what gets released on which format that week. The only thing that hasn't changed is that BD outsells HD DVD each week. Only when HD DVD outsells BD one week will the YTD and SI percentages stop increasing in BD's favor.

Just to point out why you can't take HD DVD's brief improvement as anything other than a HD having some good new releases those weeks, all you need to do is look at last weeks (apr 29th) numbers where the ratio went back up to 71:29 (BD:HD). As well as 8 of the top 10 HD Media titles being BD. 1 HD in the top 5 (which was also available on BD).

 

[Chris S]

Well at least we're getting faster at smashing foreign language rumors.

 

[Tim Glover]

One thing is certain, Universal wasted NO time in responding. And it wasn't some puny little press rep. Pres Craig Klornbau spoke out.

I still think they will go neutral possible next year but not now.

 

[Jason Harbaugh]

Darn those Germans!!

 

[Tim Glover]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!

Hell No.

 

[Ben_Williams]

Tim... you are the man!

 

[Sanjay Gupta]

Was it not the Japanese, that bombed Pearl Harbor?

 

[Dan Keefe]

Lets face it...if anyone is on the ropes it is Sony and its PS3 debacle. If HD_DVD wins the format war(think 20 million Chinese HD players)doesn't that render the PS3 all but useless? Not only will Sony lose the BluRayMarket, but the PS3s will have even less of an impact.

 

[Marc Colella]

Forget it, he's rolling.

He's just quoting Animal House (as did I).

 

[Cees Alons]

That was the joke, I suppose.

At the moment they are dropping their Blu-ray product all over the US. A much more friendly choice!


Cees

 

[Marko Berg]

Perhaps the thread title should be revised to include the word "denied" or something like that.

 

[ppltd]

Where is your link to 4/29 numbers?

 

[ppltd]

No, it was those darn suicidal WWII German KamiNazi pilots .

 

[Shawn Perron]

I do notice however that while he dies they will be going neutral, nowhere does it say he denied ending the exclusive contract. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[Ben_Williams]

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[Tim Glover]

Yes, I was just quoting the legend Animal House for a bit of humor. Trying to laugh at this things. Plus, Animal House is a Universal HD DVD exclusive. (except for Pioneering Germans )

 

[Jonathan Kaye]

Another sad casualty of this format war?