oh no not that again

[mainman]

Hey guys, I dont know if this has been discussed before, I dont open this thread so often.

Well, I read some news about warner which concerns me:
http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-66594.aspx

It says:
Warner Bros is reconsidering a "lucrative offer" to back HD DVD exclusively in the high-def disc format war. That's according to today's Los Angeles Times, (September 10, 2007,) quoting "Hollywood insiders."

Let's hope Warner wont pull a Paramount on us.

[CptGreedle]

This is old news. The latest info is that WB was considering an offer... at the same time Paramount was. WB turned it down, Paramount did not.
WB is smart. There is no new offer and they confirmed there is no change in their HD format policy.

[CptGreedle]

Here is the thread that mentions it...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=16452

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by mainman

Hey guys, I dont know if this has been discussed before, I dont open this thread so often.

Well, I read some news about warner which concerns me:
http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-66594.aspx

It says:
Warner Bros is reconsidering a "lucrative offer" to back HD DVD exclusively in the high-def disc format war. That's according to today's Los Angeles Times, (September 10, 2007,) quoting "Hollywood insiders."

Let's hope Warner wont pull a Paramount on us.

From Digitalbits:

http://www.digitalbits.com/#mytwocents

"Okay... we've got just a quick update for you on the Toshiba thing from yesterday's post. Apparently, this story in the L.A. Times (also carried in Newsday) was based on information that's a couple weeks out of date. This "offer" from Toshiba that the piece speaks about was apparently the one made the week Paramount and DreamWorks went HD-DVD exclusive. Our sources are telling us that Warner rejected that offer, preferring to stay format neutral. This offer thing being reported today is apparently old news.

We'll try to have more on this in the next day or two, but despite appearances - and the latest PR spin - there's no been no change in Warner's policy with regard to either high-def format. So for the third time: Ugh.

By the way, as might expected, we've received a few testy e-mails from HD-DVD supporters crying foul at our generally negative response to the idea of Toshiba attempting to pay the Hollywood studios to support HD-DVD exclusively. Here's the thing: If you TRULY believe that this format war should be decided by consumers and by the marketplace, can someone please explain to us how one side effectively paying studios that have previously committed to supporting BOTH formats equally to drop their competition serves the best interests of consumers? If anyone has a good answer for that, please let us know. We'd like to hear it. Enough said.

Stay tuned...

[mainman]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

This is old news. The latest info is that WB was considering an offer... at the same time Paramount was. WB turned it down, Paramount did not.
WB is smart. There is no new offer and they confirmed there is no change in their HD format policy.

Are you sure? Because the article is recent, from September 10th. And it also say 'REconsidering'.

[aygie]

Originally Posted by mainman

Are you sure? Because the article is recent, from September 10th. And it also say 'REconsidering'.

Everyone had a barney about it last night...