Lion's Gate CEO: "in terms of HD, Blu-ray is really the technology of the future"

[hmurchison]

Originally Posted by bferr1

But Feltheimer seems to be calling for a swift resolution to the format war so that people can buy in confidence. To that end, Lionsgate is doing BD only for the various reasons he lists. Going neutral would only confuse consumers further and prolong the format war-- things Feltheimer does not want to see happen.

I'm thinking you're being a bit liberal here with his wording. I'm reading that they feel like Blu-ray offers the superior technology and that's their horse but they naturally are open to supporting the winning format which may or may not be Blu-ray.

Going neutral won't confuse consumers anymore than they are with Warner and Paramount cranking out titles on both. Frankly I don't see things getting easy for exclusive studios. Right now there are less than 100k players for both platforms. Things change with there are are a million players for each with people eager to buy and rent movies.

Exclusivity is bad for consumers whether we're talking about HD DVD or Blu-ray.