No love for HD DVD from Paramount?

[zombie]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...-DVD_Titles/81

I'm curious as to why Paramount has cancelled their initial HD DVD releases.

- Are they having production delays?
- Are they waiting for more players to be available?
- Are they pulling support for HD DVD?

No reason has been given yet.

[hmurchison]

I have an idea on why.

Originally set to debut three titles on May 20 -- 'Four Brothers,' 'U2: Rattle & Hum' and 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' -- Paramount has pulled all information on the titles from its press and retail websites.

Frankly these movies suck for an initial launch. Paramount surely has to be looking at Universal's launch and realizing that they simply have nothing comparable right now. My hunch is they'll announce a new set of movies to launch.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by hmurchison

I have an idea on why.

Frankly these movies suck for an initial launch. Paramount surely has to be looking at Universal's launch and realizing that they simply have nothing comparable right now. My hunch is they'll announce a new set of movies to launch.

I don't believe that they'll forget the three titles they previously mentioned but I would agree that it would be in their best interest to add a couple of better movies to the line up as well.

[Patrick]

I think that would be great if they went purely Blu-ray. Talking about a kick to Hd-dvd. I cant wait till next month when the real war begins and Blu-ray kicks down the door. I hope they sale like hotcakes and fly by Hd-dvd like they are sitting still. (this is where I would give an evil chuckle, but since its just typing, whats the use?)

[marzetta7]

Sorry about the tangent the thread went off into. On the topic of Paramount, I think they are indirectly pulling support from HD DVD. I say this because normally, if you are delaying something, as a company you specify the date at which you hope to have HD DVD movies released.

With the fact that Paramount did NOT specify any later release date--to me at least--spells further doom for HD DVD.

[hmurchison]

We shall see. Paramount's somewhat of a flaky studio. They delayed entering the DVD market as well. Leopards don't change their spots I see them hopping back in later when more players are shipping.