will they still honor their comitment?

[Blu boy]

well with the end of hd dud in a matter of weeks or days . will warner honor its comitment to staying nutreal till june and will walmart keep selling hd dud till june. or will they just break their promise and dich for the scrap heap.

[Blu Jacket]

Well if Toshiba backs out and Universal/Paramount go Blu, there'd really be no reason for Warner to keep releasing on HD DVD.

[JadedRaverLA]

I would definitely assume that Toshiba stopping the manufacturing of HD DVD players would trigger an escape clause in Warner's contract that has forced them to release titles through May. Once the contract is essentially voided by Toshiba's action, they shouldn't need to release the remaining titles.

They may still do that, at least for the ones already pressed... but they woulnd't have to.

[Blu Jacket]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

I would definitely assume that Toshiba stopping the manufacturing of HD DVD players would trigger an escape clause in Warner's contract that has forced them to release titles through May. Once the contract is essentially voided by Toshiba's action, they shouldn't need to release the remaining titles.

They may still do that, at least for the ones already pressed... but they woulnd't have to.

I don't think that Warner is 'forced' to release HD DVD until May, I believe they are only doing it as a courtesy towards all those titles they had already announced.

[hardcore_canadian]

I think they'll keep their word. but won't toshiba stop making the discs?

[GarettP]

Originally Posted by hardcore_canadian

I think they'll keep their word. but won't toshiba stop making the discs?

I thought Toshiba made players not discs?

[mightypen]

Originally Posted by Blu boy

well with the end of hd dud in a matter of weeks or days . will warner honor its comitment to staying nutreal till june and will walmart keep selling hd dud till june. or will they just break their promise and dich for the scrap heap.

I would imagine all involved would sell through their merchandise and be done with it. This isn't ET.

[jk1138]

Originally Posted by mightypen

I would imagine all involved would sell through their merchandise and be done with it. This isn't ET.

Agreed, only the stuff that is done, why wast money on something that will not sell well if at all.

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by Blu Jacket

I don't think that Warner is 'forced' to release HD DVD until May, I believe they are only doing it as a courtesy towards all those titles they had already announced.

Reports were that they have a contract with Toshiba through May, 2008 to continue releasing "titles in sufficient quantities" or something to that effect. If they actually were attempting to be courteous they wouldn't push the titles back 3 weeks.