Universal Studios under pressure to support Blu-ray?

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While it certainly didn't help the HD DVD camp, Blockbuster's announcement last month that it will exclusively support rival Blu-ray in 1,700 of its stores probably won't do much to end the high-definition disc format battle.

No major retailer seems intent on abandoning HD DVD right now, even though its titles are being outsold by Blu-ray at a ratio of about 2-to-1, according to numerous estimates.

"I don't see any resolution (to the format battle) coming until at least the end of the year," Envisioneering Group tech guru Richard Doherty says.

Basically there's only two people quoted for the article - Doherty and Graffeo. However, this is Variety. The presence of anything represents a rumor in Hollywood, not in Redmond.


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