Two Sony Reps at Best Buys on Paramount and Universal

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I took a trip to 2 Best Buys and talked to the Sony Reps demoing the LCD XBR TVs and Blu Players and I asked if they heard anything in the past two weeks regarding Paramount and Universal changing sides (or coming over to the winning side, as I put it) and both said that the earliest we'll see offical Blu Rays will be between Christmas '08 and March '09.

The Reason: There's a very binding contract that holds Universal to Toshiba and they can't get out of it without Toshiba signing off, otherwise Universal would get into serious trouble. Also, according to the Reps, neither were aware of any "escape clause" but didn't deny the "possibiltiy" and they both said Paramount is stuck in HD DVD's camp till the end of the year.