Bill Hunt's Two Cents posts about Paramount, Warner, etc.

[BluDrew]

Bill Hunt is as much of a Blu-ray fan as all of us, but his latest "My Two Cents" piece (Aug 22) struck me as a little off. He seems open to the possibility that Warner is going to go HD DVD exclusive as well. Here is what he wrote (the parts that have me concerned are in bold):

A lot of people have asked us if we still believe Blu-ray is the better choice, with the better chance to win, and for the most part we do. But there's no doubt that some of Blu-ray's building momentum was lost yesterday. On the other hand, Blu-ray still has an edge in market share in terms of the Hollywood studios. But if Warner goes exclusive for HD-DVD too, Hollywood will basically be evenly split....

By the way, we've heard back from both Warner and New Line this morning. Warner says their format neutral stance remains in place... at least for now ("We haven't announced anything otherwise," was the basic quote). And New Line said they still plan to support both high-def formats, and will contact us when they have news about titles and dates.

The last 48 hours have certainly been tumultuous. What the next 48 hours might bring is anyone's guess.

And now Beatboy77 from AVS, who has been right about some announcements, wrong about others, seems to think it could happen. In this post he says:

Found out some possible huge positive news for HD-DVD today as well

I am at the point where I really want this war overwith. If it's HD-DVD the winner, great, if it's Blu-ray, great, if it's 2 more years of the format war...Oh God!

And then later on when asked what the positive news for HD DVD was he replies with:

I heard a little while a go that WB is seriously considering going HD-DVD Exclusive. If they decide to go this route, they will announce by Friday this week.

Someone please tell me how I should read this. I've started supporting HD DVD to an extent, but I REALLY need to know that Warner is staying NEUTRAL.